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A Family Thing

1996 • 1h49m Comedy, Drama

Rating

6.4/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Richard Pearce

Screenplay

Billy Bob Thornton

Tom Epperson

Cast

Robert Duvall

James Earl Jones

Michael Beach

Release date

3/29/1996

Status

Released

Revenue

$10,125,417

Origin country

US

Vote count

72