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King of the Hill (1993) [PG-13]

Release Date:
August 20, 1993

Original Title:
King of the Hill

Alternate Titles:
König der Murmelspieler

Genres:
Drama | History

Production Companies:
Bona Fide Productions
Gramercy Pictures
Wildwood Enterprises

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 103

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Bill Rea

Assistant Hairstylist:
Jeaneen Muckerman

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Ann Pala

Assistant Sound Editor:
Aaron Glascock

Casting:
Deborah Aquila

Costume Design:
Susan Lyall

Dailies Manager:
Alexandra Root

Director:
Steven Soderbergh

Director of Photography:
Elliot Davis

Driver:
John Lydon

Editor:
Steven Soderbergh

Executive Producer:
John Hardy

First Assistant Director:
Gregory Jacobs

Grip:
David Jensen

Hair Designer:
Laura Connolly

Key Hair Stylist:
Susan Mills

Makeup Supervisor:
Elaine L. Offers

Novel:
A. E. Hotchner

Original Music Composer:
Cliff Martinez

Producer:
Ron Yerxa
Barbara Maltby
Albert Berger

Production Design:
Gary Frutkoff

Screenplay:
Steven Soderbergh

Second Assistant Director:
Allen Kupetsky

Second Second Assistant Director:
Lynn K. D'Angona

Set Decoration:
Claire Jenora Bowin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Larry Blake

Supervising Sound Editor:
Larry Blake

Unit Manager:
Rick Cowan

Unit Production Manager:
Georgia Kacandes

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