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.
00:04:19 he encounters on the streets."
00:09:04 - Shh. Listen. - What?
00:12:01 I can't afford to get your mother's tooth fixed. OK?
00:15:52 This sissy said he'd shoot for ten marbles. He's welshing.
00:19:21 - Yeah, but I only have Skippy. - I'll give you a female.
00:22:00 - Hi. - Hi, Ella.
00:24:52 You got irons: 1-iron, mid-iron, mid-mashie, mashie-iron
00:27:40 Where's he keeping it? In a back lot? He's gotta be hiding it somewhere.
00:31:34 They won't let him inside. You know how strict they are.
00:35:31 - You haven't done this before. - No.
00:39:15 - Yeah. Pretty good. - It's good.
00:45:01 I told you they were the best. Aren't they beautiful?
00:47:31 but I can't let the repossessors see me.
00:51:05 It turns out a lot of people had an arrangement with Manny.
00:55:01 Aaron?
00:58:45 Well, I... You'll be better off with your aunt, right?
01:04:09 - Sort of. - Where?
01:08:05 - but now they're gonna take action. - Three days, Mr Desot.
01:11:46 See, he likes it.
01:15:29 The little Yid. And you!
01:24:39 Son of a bitch!
01:28:11 It just is.
01:34:45 Don't you wanna say hello to your mother?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed993
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:01:52
Final line01:34:45
Production Record
DirectorSteven Soderbergh
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$1,214,231
IMDb votes9,030