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King of the hill: Set in St. Louis during the Depression, it 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 fatherâ‚‚s long business trips.

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Uniform Title:King of the hill (Motion picture : 1993)
Other Authors: Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- (Screenwriter), Krabbé, Jeroen, 1944- (Actor), Eichhorn, Lisa, 1952- (Actor), Allen, Karen, 1951- (Actor), Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 (Actor), McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- (Actor), Bradford, Jesse (Actor), Fuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993 (Screenwriter), Gallagher, Peter, 1955- (Actor), Elliot, Alison, 1970- (Actor), Fichtner, William (Actor), Trese, Adam, 1969- (Actor), Baker, Joe Don (Actor), Dooley, Paul, 1928- (Actor), Duvall, Shelley, 1949- (Actor), Shue, Elisabeth (Actor), Hotchner, A. E., Tracy, Don, 1905-1976
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 698.
Subjects:
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.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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