King of the Hill
1993 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 9,030 VOTES · DIR. Steven Soderbergh
Overview
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Dialogue Timeline — 993 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:52 I was fast asleep when my bedside phone began to ring.
00:04:17 and hands out dimes to the poor unfortunates
00:08:59 Hey, stop!
00:11:52 Why aren't you driving him?
00:15:43 - You ain't leavin' until you do. - Not fair.
00:19:05 I breed them. It's my hobby.
00:21:41 - What you got in there? - A canary.
00:24:29 You're not gonna play, brain. You're gonna caddy.
00:27:16 It's not a butt. It's a cigar band.
00:30:55 He said that I might only have to stay there a month or two.
00:34:42 Sure.
00:38:34 ..."proprietor"? - P-R-O
00:42:26 What, you gonna push? Get in.
00:46:44 Is there anyplace I can write to you?
00:49:46 ...type of ambition.
00:52:35 - Bye. - Bye.
00:57:19 Sure we should be doing this?
01:02:19 - Dinner with Christina Sebastian. - Wow! A real date, huh?
01:05:37 They don't even look like they're his.
01:09:43 He sent me a postcard from Oklahoma.
01:13:10 Come around tomorrow afternoon, and we'll have a word with Mr Desot.
01:17:15 Me, I'll just be out there in my chair, eating three meals a day, till you do.
01:26:50 - Dad! - Sullivan, what are you doing here?
01:31:30 What did I tell ya? Gimme that apple! Gimme that apple!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed993
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:01:52
Final line01:31:30
Production Record
DirectorSteven Soderbergh
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$1,214,231
IMDb votes9,030