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.
Edition:
Dual-format edition; director-approved dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2014
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)
King of the hill: Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jesse Bradford. Underneath: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Elisabeth Shue. 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:
Blu-ray. Underneath / DVD two. Underneath / Universal ; Gramercy Pictures presents a Populist Pictures production ; executive producers, Joshua Donen, William Reid, Lionel Wigram ; screenplay by Sam Lowry and Daniel Fuchs ; produced by John Hardy ; directed by Steven Soderbergh (approximately 100 minutes : 1995) -- Blu-ray.
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.
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