King of the Hill
King of the Hill is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh. Adapted from A. E. Hotchner's Depression-era memoir, the film follows a young boy navigating life alone in a hotel after his mother is hospitalized and his father is oftentimes absent. It stars Jesse Bradford as Aaron, alongside Jeroen Krabbé and Lisa Eichhorn as his parents. The cast also includes Spalding Gray, Adrien Brody, Karen Allen and Lauryn Hill in supporting roles.
Plot
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 enters a sanatorium with tuberculosis and his younger brother is sent to live with an uncle. 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.
More details
| author | Steven Soderbergh |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | St. Louis |
| director | Steven Soderbergh |
| editor | Steven Soderbergh |
| events | coming of age The Great Depression |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | a. e. hotchner depression german germany great depression hamilton watch company sanatorium struggle traveling salesman tuberculosis vendor |
| musicBy | Cliff Martinez |
| producer | Albert Berger Barbara Maltby Ron Yerxa |
| productionCompany | Bona Fide Productions Wildwood Enterprises |
| publisher | Gramercy Pictures |
| theme | bildungsroman |