Conference bookie::movies

490.0. "King Of The Hill" by 12368::michaud (Jeff Michaud, PATHWORKS for Windows NT) Thu Mar 10 1994 03:32

	This one is set in St. Louis in 1933 (in a depression).
	Aaron (played by Jesse Bradford, a newcommer I believe)
	and his family live in a hotel and are way behind in their
	rent (along with most of the people living in the hotel).
	His father has taken to being a door-to-door salesperson
	to feed his family, his mother goes off to a sanatarian,
	and his only brother is sent off to live with relatives,
	leaving Aaron to take care of himself.

	The Aaron character is really the whole film, though I also
	found his friend Lester and the bell-hop to both be memoriable
	characters.

	This was a very good film indeed, thumbs up.

	Karen Allen and Elizabeth McGovern have a couple of small
	roles (I'd call them cameos, especially for Liz, but both
	were listed in opening credits and the box says co-stars :-).

	BTW, it seems to be based (how close I don't know) on the memoirs
	of someone named A.E. Hotcher.  And Steven Soderbergh (sex,
	lies, and videotape) wrote the screenplay and directs.

    I enjoyed it also. I give it a 7 out 10. Definitely worth renting...
    
    Curt