A Family Thing

Name: A Family Thing
Director: Richard Pearce
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1996
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall, Grace Zabriskie

19961h 49mdir. Richard Pearcewriter Billy Bob Thorntonwriter Tom Epperson

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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.

Cast

Robert Duvall James Earl Jones Michael Beach Irma P. Hall Grace Zabriskie Regina Taylor

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