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Title:
King of the hill / 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.
Author:
Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- screenwriter, film director.

Hardy, John (John S.), film producer.

Maltby, Barbara, film producer.

Berger, Albert (Motion picture producer), film producer.

Yerxa, Ron, film producer.

Donen, Joshua, film producer.

Reid, William, film producer.

Wigram, Lionel, film producer.

Fuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993, 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.

Gallagher, Peter, 1955- actor.

Elliott, 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.

Lyall, Susan, costume designer.

Frutkoff, Gary, production designer.

Martinez, Cliff, composer (expression)

Davis, Elliot, 1948- director of photography.

Wagner, Karyn, costume designer.

Salfas, Stan, film editor.

Cummings, Howard, production designer.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hotchner, A. E. King of the hill.

Tonguette, Peter Prescott, 1983- writer of supplementary textual content.

Universal Pictures (Firm), production company.

Gramercy Pictures, production company.

Wildwood Films, production company.

Bona Fide Productions, production company.

Populist Pictures, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]

©2014
Call Number:
PN1997 .K564 2014
Abstract:
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.
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Underneath (Motion picture)
Geographic Term:
Edition:
Dual-format edition; director-approved dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
ISBN:
9781604658286
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 698

Criterion collection ; 698.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Blu-ray disc (103 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (40 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
General Note:
King of the hill: Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.

Underneath: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

King of the hill: Based on the memoir by A. E. Hotchner.

Underneath: Based on the novel "Criss Cross" by Don Tracy.

Special features: DVD Disc 1: Steven Soderbergh (new interview); A.E. Hotchner (new interview); Against Tyranny (a new visual essay); Deleted scenes; Trailer. DVD Disc 2: Steven Soderbergh (interview about The Underneath); The Underneath (1995, Soderbergh's follow-up feature to King of the hill). Blu-ray contains identical special features as the DVDs. Booklet features an essay by critic Peter Tonguette, a 1993 interview with Soderbergh, and an excerpt from Hotchner's 1972 memoir.
Contents:
King of the hill -- Underneath
Uniform Title:
King of the hill (Motion picture : 1993)
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