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King of the Hill

directed by Steven Soderbergh

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

19931h 43m★ 6.8
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Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

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cast

Jesse Bradford

Jesse Bradford

Aaron Kurlander

Jeroen Krabbé

Jeroen Krabbé

Mr. Kurlander

Lisa Eichhorn

Lisa Eichhorn

Mrs. Kurlander

Karen Allen

Karen Allen

Miss Mathey

Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray

Mr. Mungo

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Lydia

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Cameron Boyd

Sullivan

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Lester

details

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Language

EN

Budget

$8M

Box Office

$1M

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