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King of the Hill

1993 · 103 min

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story that balances hardship with resilience, told through a child's eyes with warmth and honesty.

Tagline
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • family
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Written by
Steven Soderbergh
Starring
Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, Cameron Boyd, Adrien Brody
Music
Cliff Martinez
Cinematography
Elliot Davis
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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