DVD
King of the hill
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, Jesse Bradford, Adrien Brody, Amber Benson, Katherine Heigl.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements.
Summary
Set in St. Louis during the 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 sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father's long business trips.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the memoir by A. E. Hotchner.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Special features: New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh and supervising sound editor and rerecording mixer Larry Blake ; new interviews with Soderbergh and source memoir author A. E. Hotchner ; Against Tyranny, a new visual essay by filmmaker :: kogonada exploring Soderbergh's unique approach to narrative ; The Underneath (1995), Soderbergh's follow-up feature to King of the Hill, with a new interview with the director ; trailers.
Contents
- Disc 1. King of the hill
- Disc 2. The underneath.