King of the Hill (1993)

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

• Drama
• History

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.

Rating

6.8 / 10 (173 votes)

Release date

August 20, 1993

Runtime

1h 43m

Language

English

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Status

Released