King of the Hill
For his first Hollywood studio production, Steven Soderbergh (whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at Cannes a few years earlier) crafted this small jewel of a growing-up story. Set in St. Louis during the Great Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his younger brother is sent to live with a relative and his tubercular mother to a sanitarium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips. This evocative period piece, faithfully adapted from the A. E. Hotchner memoir, is among the versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh and supervising sound editor and rerecording mixer Larry Blake, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interviews with Soderbergh and source memoir author A. E. Hotchner
- Against Tyranny, a new video essay by :: kogonada exploring Soderbergh’s unique approach to narrative
- The Underneath (1995), Soderbergh’s follow-up feature to King of the Hill, with an interview with the director
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Peter Tonguette, a 1993 interview with Soderbergh, and an excerpt from Hotchner’s 1972 memoir
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh and supervising sound editor and rerecording mixer Larry Blake, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interviews with Soderbergh and source memoir author A. E. Hotchner
- Against Tyranny, a new video essay by :: kogonada exploring Soderbergh’s unique approach to narrative
- The Underneath (1995), Soderbergh’s follow-up feature to King of the Hill, with an interview with the director
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Peter Tonguette, a 1993 interview with Soderbergh, and an excerpt from Hotchner’s 1972 memoir
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Cast
- Jesse Bradford
- Aaron
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Mr. Kurlander
- Lisa Eichhorn
- Mrs. Kurlander
- Karen Allen
- Miss Mathey
- Spalding Gray
- Mr. Mungo
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Lydia
- Cameron Boyd
- Sullivan
- Adrien Brody
- Lester
- Joseph Chrest
- Ben
- John McConnell
- Patrolman Burns
- Amber Benson
- Ella McShane
- Kristin Griffith
- Mrs. McShane
- Chris Samples
- Billy Thompson
- Peggy Freisen
- Mrs. Thompson
- Katherine Heigl
- Christina
- John Durbin
- Mr. Sandoz
- Lauryn Hill
- Elevator operator
Credits
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Executive producer
- John Hardy
- Producers
- Barbara Maltby
- Producers
- Albert Berger
- Producers
- Ron Yerxa
- Writer
- Steven Soderbergh
- based on the memoir King of the Hill by
- A. E. Hotchner
- Director of photography
- Elliot Davis
- Picture editor
- Steven Soderbergh
- Costume design
- Susan Lyall
- Production designer
- Gary Frutkoff
- Music
- Cliff Martinez
- Supervising sound editor/Rerecording mixer
- Larry Blake
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