King of the Hill
movie
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
Released August 20, 1993
Overview
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.
Cast
Jesse Bradford
as
Aaron Kurlander
Jeroen Krabbé
as
Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn
as
Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen
as
Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray
as
Mr. Mungo
Elizabeth McGovern
as
Lydia
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Cameron Boyd
as
Sullivan
Adrien Brody
as
Lester
Joe Chrest
as
Ben
John McConnell
as
Patrolman Burns
Amber Benson
as
Ella McShane
Kristin Griffith
as
Mrs. McShane
Crew
Steven Soderbergh
as
Editor
Elliot Davis
as
Director of Photography
Steven Soderbergh
as
Director
A. E. Hotchner
as
Novel
Steven Soderbergh
as
Screenplay
Gregory Jacobs
as
First Assistant Director
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Allen Kupetsky
as
Second Assistant Director
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Lynn K. D'Angona
as
Second Second Assistant Director
Larry Blake
as
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Glascock
as
Assistant Sound Editor
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Jeaneen Muckerman
as
Assistant Hairstylist
Georgia Kacandes
as
Unit Production Manager