A Family Thing (1996)

  • PG-13
  • 03/29/1996 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 49m

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.

Richard Pearce

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Writer

Tom Epperson

Writer

Cast

Robert Duvall's headshot

Robert Duvall

Earl Pilcher Jr.
James Earl Jones's headshot

James Earl Jones

Ray Murdock
Michael Beach's headshot

Michael Beach

Virgil
Irma P. Hall's headshot

Irma P. Hall

Aunt T.
Grace Zabriskie's headshot

Grace Zabriskie

Ruby
Regina Taylor's headshot

Regina Taylor

Ann
David Keith's headshot

David Keith

Sonny
Jacqueline Williams's headshot

Jacqueline Williams

Woman at Hospital

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