King of the hill

Resource Information

The work King of the hill represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

King of the hill

Statement of responsibility

Universal ; Gramercy Pictures presents a Wildwood/Bona Fide production ; executive producer, John Hardy ; produced by Barbara Maltby, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa ; written for the screen and directed by Steven Soderbergh

Contributor

• Tonguette, Peter Prescott, 1983-
• Bona Fide Productions
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Gramercy Pictures
• Populist Pictures
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Wildwood Films
• Allen, Karen, 1951-
• Baker, Joe Don
• Berger, Albert, (Motion picture producer)
• Bradford, Jesse
• Cummings, Howard
• Davis, Elliot, 1948-
• Donen, Joshua
• Dooley, Paul, 1928-
• Duvall, Shelley, 1949-
• Eichhorn, Lisa, 1952-
• Elliot, Alison, 1970-
• Fichtner, William
• Frutkoff, Gary
• trueFuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993
• Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
• trueGray, Spalding, 1941-2004
• Hardy, John, (John S.)
• trueHotchner, A. E
• Krabbé, Jeroen, 1944-
• Lyall, Susan
• Maltby, Barbara
• Martinez, Cliff
• McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
• Reid, William
• Salfas, Stan
• Shue, Elisabeth
• Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
• Trese, Adam, 1969-
• Wagner, Karyn
• Wigram, Lionel
• Yerxa, Ron

Actor

• Dooley, Paul, 1928-
• Krabbé, Jeroen, 1944-
• Bradford, Jesse
• Elliot, Alison, 1970-
• Fichtner, William
• McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
• trueGray, Spalding, 1941-2004
• Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
• Allen, Karen, 1951-
• Shue, Elisabeth
• Baker, Joe Don
• Eichhorn, Lisa, 1952-
• Duvall, Shelley, 1949-
• Trese, Adam, 1969-

Costume designer

• Wagner, Karyn
• Lyall, Susan

Director of photography

• Davis, Elliot, 1948-

Film director

• Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-

Film distributor

• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Film editor

• Salfas, Stan

Film producer

• Maltby, Barbara
• Berger, Albert, (Motion picture producer)
• Reid, William
• Wigram, Lionel
• Yerxa, Ron
• Donen, Joshua
• Hardy, John, (John S.)

Production company

• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Wildwood Films
• Bona Fide Productions
• Gramercy Pictures
• Populist Pictures

Production designer

• Frutkoff, Gary
• Cummings, Howard

Screenwriter

• Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
• trueFuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Tonguette, Peter Prescott, 1983-

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Boys -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Drama
• Depressions -- 1929 -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Drama
• Families -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Hotchner, A. E. -- Film adaptations
• Latchkey children -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Drama
• Nineteen thirties -- Drama
• Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Drama
• Autobiographical films

Genre

• trueFilm adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• trueDrama
• Autobiographical films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• 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 father's long business trips
• Underneath: A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend

Member of

• Criterion collection, 698
• Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 698
• Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs), 698
• Underneath (Motion picture)

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

• King of the hill: Costume design, Susan Lyall ; production design, Gary Frutkoff ; music, Cliff Martinez ; camera, Elliot Davis ; picture editor, Steven Soderbergh
• Underneath: Costume design, Karyn Wagner ; editor, Stan Salfas ; production design, Howard Cummings ; music, Cliff Martinez ; camera, Elliot Davis

Language note

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

• King of the hill: Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jesse Bradford
• Underneath: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliot, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Elisabeth Shue

Runtime

103

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

698

Technique

live action