A Family Thing
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Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1996-03-29
Runtime: 109 mins
Director: Richard Pearce
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: A Family Thing
Production Companies: United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Robert Duvall
James Earl Jones
Michael Beach
Irma P. Hall
Grace Zabriskie
Regina Taylor
David Keith
Xander Berkeley
Jacqueline Williams
Mary Jackson
Paula Marshall
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Meg Thalken
Richard Lexsee
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