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Name: King of the Hill
Released: 1993-8-20
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Spalding Gray, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen

King of the Hill

PG-13
1h 42m
1993

91%

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Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh creates one of the most vivid depictions of the Depression ever captured on film in this poignant story of a 12-year old St. Louis boy (Jesse Bradford) who must fend for himself when his mother is sent to a sanitarium and his father leaves to work as a traveling salesman. Surviving by his wits and the help of his street savvy friend, Lester (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody), the boy overcomes extraordinary odds in this exceptional adaptation of A.E. Hotchner's memoirs.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Producer:

Albert Berger, Barbara Maltby, Ron Yerxa

Writer:

Steven Soderbergh

Cast:

Jesse Bradford, Spalding Gray, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Elizabeth McGovern, Adrien Brody, Katherine Heigl, Joe Chrest, Cameron Boyd, Chris Samples, Amber Benson, John McConnell, John Durbin, Lauryn Hill, Remak Ramsey

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

91%

Critics Consensus: A subtle, affecting, character-driven coming-of-age story, King of the Hill is one of Steven Soderbergh's best and most criminally overlooked films.

Reviews

IONCINEMA.com

Jordan M. Smith

Technically sound and sadly sugary in its handling of the truly devastating realities of the Depression, King of the Hill is not a bad film per se, just one that lacks a sense of consequence and a lasting impression.

Despite Bradford's arresting lead performance, King of the Hill never comes alive: a childhood memoir frozen in amber.

one of Soderbergh's best films: a painterly, thoughtful, and subtly emotional portrait of preadolescent coming of age in dire circumstances

It all seemed like an oddly straightforward ... choice for Soderbergh at the time, but he has proven since then that his lateral range is almost immeasurable.

King Of The Hill balances an incident-packed script with muted tones, painting a rich, absorbing picture of one boy's struggle to live by his wits.

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Genre:Drama
Release Date:August 20, 1993
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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