King of the Hill
1993 · 103 min · Drama, HistoryPG-13
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.
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Writers
- A. E. Hotchner, Steven Soderbergh
- Released
- August 20, 1993
- Language
- English
Cast
Where to watch in the US
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