King of the Hill

King of the Hill

6.845

1993-08-20

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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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.

Released

1993-08-20

Runtime

103

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Budget

$8000000

Revenue

$1214231

Genres

Drama

History

Language

English

Production

Gramercy Pictures

Wildwood Enterprises

Bona Fide Productions