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A Family Thing
1996 6.4 (64 votes) 1h 49m
Genres
Comedy Drama
Production Companies
United Artists
Butcher's Run Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Family Thing

With family, everything is relative.

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Richard Pearce

Writer: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

Producer: Robert Duvall, Todd Black, Randa Haines

Director of Photography: Fred Murphy

Top Cast

Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall

Earl Pilcher Jr.

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

Ray Murdock

Michael Beach
Michael Beach

Virgil

Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall

Aunt T.

Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie

Ruby

Regina Taylor
Regina Taylor

Ann

David Keith
David Keith

Sonny

Jacqueline Williams
Jacqueline Williams

Woman at Hospital

Videos

A Family Thing Trailer 1996

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