King of the Hill (1993)
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1993-08-20
- Runtime:
- 103 min
- Genres:
- Drama, History
- Director:
- Steven Soderbergh
- Top cast:
- Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.8/10 from 169 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.5/10