Directed by:
Steven SoderberghScreenplay:
Steven SoderberghCinematography:
Elliot DavisComposer:
Cliff MartinezCast:
Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, Adrien Brody, Amber Benson, Katherine Heigl, Lauryn Hill (more)Plots(1)
Depression era movie. The protagonist is a little boy whose mother is forced into a sanitarium and father gets a job as a traveling salesman. The boy fends for himself in a seedy SRO hotel. The focus is on the boy's relationships with others and his struggle to survive. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jesse Bradford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/918/162918230_1f0f3f.jpg)
Jesse Bradford
USA
Best movies:
Falling in Love (1984)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
King of the Hill (1993)
![Jeroen Krabbé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/482/163482418_a71997.jpg)
Jeroen Krabbé
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
For a Lost Soldier (1992)
![Lisa Eichhorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785465_657b6f.jpg)
Lisa Eichhorn
USA
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
About Time (2013)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
![Karen Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267408_453ccd.jpg)
Karen Allen
USA
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Manhattan (1979)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
![Spalding Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/367/161367790_fff289.jpg)
Spalding Gray
USA
Best movies:
The Killing Fields (1984)
Drunks (1995)
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
![Elizabeth McGovern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/222/162222750_1c4443.png)
Elizabeth McGovern
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ordinary People (1980)
Kick-Ass (2010)
![Adrien Brody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428562_9adc8a.png)
Adrien Brody
USA
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Detachment (2011)
Fantastique Maître Renard (2009)
![Amber Benson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273155_765c98.jpg)
Amber Benson
USA
Best movies:
Chance (2002)
King of the Hill (1993)
Latter Days (2003)
![Katherine Heigl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/933/162933971_72fd46.jpg)
Katherine Heigl
USA
Best movies:
King of the Hill (1993)
The Ugly Truth (2009)
Life as We Know It (2010)
![Lauryn Hill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272569_f4b3dd.jpg)
Lauryn Hill
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
King of the Hill (1993)
Restaurant (1998)
![Kristin Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515911_b45763.jpg)
Kristin Griffith
USA
Best movies:
Interiors (1978)
King of the Hill (1993)
Rose Hill (1997) (TV movie)
![David Jensen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019425_e4ac73.jpg)
David Jensen
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Traffic (2000)
![Joe Chrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/055/165055967_ee5681.jpg)
Joe Chrest
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Front of the Class (2008) (TV movie)
The Blind Side (2009)
![John McConnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058610_16951c.jpg)
John McConnell
USA
Best movies:
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The Departed (2006)
Ruffian (2007) (TV movie)
Ron Yerxa
Best movies:
King of the Hill (1993)
Chuck & Buck (2000)
Cameron Boyd
USA
Best movies:
Manny & Lo (1996)
King of the Hill (1993)
Bye Bye, Love (1995)
John Durbin
USA
Best movies:
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
And the Band Played On (1993) (TV movie)
Truman (1995) (TV movie)
![Ron Vawter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/758/162758125_9e933c.jpg)
Ron Vawter
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Jared Joplin
Best movies:
King of the Hill (1993)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)