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20/08/1993 Drama, History 1h 43m
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When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

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.

  1. Steven Soderbergh

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jesse Bradford

    Aaron Kurlander

  2. Jeroen Krabbé

    Mr. Kurlander

  3. Lisa Eichhorn

    Mrs. Kurlander

  4. Karen Allen

    Miss Mathey

  5. Spalding Gray

    Mr. Mungo

  6. Elizabeth McGovern

    Lydia

  7. Cameron Boyd

    Sullivan

  8. Adrien Brody

    Lester

  9. Joe Chrest

    Ben

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,214,231.00

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