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A Family Thing

1996 · 109 min · Comedy, Drama · ★ 6.5

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.

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Cast

  • Robert Duvall
    Earl Pilcher Jr.
  • James Earl Jones
    Ray Murdock
  • Michael Beach
    Virgil
  • Irma P. Hall
    Aunt T.
  • Grace Zabriskie
    Ruby
  • Regina Taylor
    Ann

Crew

  • Director · Richard Pearce
  • Producer · Robert Duvall
  • Producer · Todd Black
  • Producer · Randa Haines

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