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    A Family Thing

    109'

    1996-03-29

    6.5

    With family, everything is relative.

    Comedy,Drama

    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.

    DirectingRichard PearceWritingBilly Bob Thornton

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    Cast

    3

    Earl Pilcher Jr.

    Robert Duvall

    2

    Ray Murdock

    James Earl Jones

    3

    Virgil

    Michael Beach

    1

    Aunt T.

    Irma P. Hall

    2

    Ruby

    Grace Zabriskie

    1

    Ann

    Regina Taylor

    2

    Sonny

    David Keith

    3

    Sunburned Man

    Xander Berkeley

    1

    Woman at Hospital

    Jacqueline Williams

    1

    Carrie

    Mary Jackson

    2

    Karen

    Paula Marshall

    1

    Club Manager

    Phillip Edward Van Lear

    1

    Doctor

    Meg Thalken

    1

    Truckjacker

    Richard Lexsee

    1

    Earl Pilcher Sr.

    James N. Harrell

    1

    Kindra

    Lauren Leigh Phillips

    1

    Danielle

    Ashleigh Jordan

    1

    Young Aunt T.

    Saundra Quarterman

    1

    Tommy

    Rufus Thomas

    1

    Virgil's Friend

    Reggie Hayes

    1

    Willa Mae

    Patrice Pitman Quinn

    1

    Junior Turner

    Don James

    1

    Dr. Parks

    Jim Sanderson

    1

    Maotis

    Crystal Laws Green

    1

    Brother Conners

    Nathan Lee Lewis

    1

    Woman in Apartment

    Katharine Mitchell

    1

    Waitress

    Willo Hausman

    1

    Truckjacker

    J. Antonio Moon

    1

    Old Lady

    Jeri Boyle

    1

    Old Man

    Tommy Bush

    1

    Woman at City Hall

    Wanda Christine

    1

    Man at Gas Station

    Roy Hytower

    1

    Policeman

    John Mikels

    1

    Birthday Husband

    Bernard Mixon

    1

    Birthday Girl

    Paulette McDaniels

    1

    Young Man in Car

    Antoine Roshell

    1

    Man #2

    Greg Hollimon

    1

    The Nightclub Band

    Andrew Love

    1

    The Nightclub Band

    Tony Brown

    1

    The Nightclub Band

    Theodis Rodgers

    1

    The Nightclub Band

    David Spencer

    1

    Green Mill Bouncer (uncredited)

    Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 10125417
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. United Artists
      2. Butcher's Run Films
      3. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Vote Count: 79
    • Popularity: 1.3804
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:A Family Thing

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