698 - King of the Hill (1993)
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Steven Soderbergh really surprised us with this 1993 coming-of-age story set on the mean streets of 1930s St. Louis. \\xa0Because we had never heard of it. \\xa0Hard to believe that this nostalgia-bomb was missed by the two 90s kid hosts of this podcast. \\xa0Based on the memoirs A. E. Hotchner, the film stars Jesse Bradford as Aaron, left to fend for himself against an onslaught of petty cops, bullies, bellboys, repo men, and so on as poverty and illness scattered his family during the Great Depression. \\xa0A surprising cast of all-stars and future stars round out this period drama.
If you\\u2019d like to watch ahead for next week\\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Julien Duvivier\\u2019s\\xa0P\\xe9p\\xe9 le Moko\\xa0(1937).
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