King of the hill / Gramercy Pictures presents a Wildwood/Bona Fide production ; produced by Barbara Maltby, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa ; written for the screen and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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Set in St. Louis during the Depression, the film follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father's long business trips.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:King of the hill (Motion picture : 1993)
Corporate Authors: Gramercy Pictures (Production company)
Wildwood Films (Production company)
Bona Fide Productions (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- (Screenwriter, Film director)
Krabbé, Jeroen, 1944- (Actor)
Eichhorn, Lisa, 1952- (Actor)
Allen, Karen, 1951- (Actor)
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 (Actor)
McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- (Actor)
Bradford, Jesse (Actor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 698.
Subjects:
Hotchner, A. E. > Film adaptations.
Families > Missouri > Saint Louis > Drama.
Boys > Missouri > Saint Louis > Drama.
Nineteen thirties > Drama.
Depressions > 1929 > Missouri > Saint Louis > Drama.
Saint Louis (Mo.) > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 DVDs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, the film follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father's long business trips.
Note:Based on the memoir by A.E. Hotchner.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Originally packaged as part of a dual-format edition with a Blu-ray version of the film.
Special features: New interviews with Soderbergh and A.E. Hotchner; Against Tyranny, a new visual essay; The Underneath; trailers.
Call Number:PN1995.9.C45 K56 2014 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781604658286 (set)
1604658282 (set)
Credits:Camera, Elliot Davis ; music, Cliff Martinez.
System Details:DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Participant or Performer:
Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern and Jesse Bradford.
Source of Description:
Title from container.