A Family Thing
“With family, everything is relative.”
1996•PG-13•1h 49m•6.5•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Richard Pearce
Writer
Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Revenue
$10M
Languages
English
Studio
United Artists
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
David Keith
Sonny
Xander Berkeley
Sunburned Man
Jacqueline Williams
Woman at Hospital
Mary Jackson
Carrie
Paula Marshall
Karen
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Club Manager
Meg Thalken
Doctor
Richard Lexsee
Truckjacker
James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.
Production
Company
United Artists
Company
Butcher's Run Films
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Robert Duvall
Producer
Randa Haines
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