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A Family Thing

A Family Thing

A Family Thing

March 1996

109 mins

TMDB

6.5

Comedy

Drama

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

Robert Duvall

Earl Pilcher Jr.

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Ray Murdock

Michael Beach

Michael Beach

Virgil

Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall

Aunt T.

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Ruby

Regina Taylor

Regina Taylor

Ann

David Keith

David Keith

Sonny

Jacqueline Williams

Jacqueline Williams

Woman at Hospital

Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Carrie

Paula Marshall

Paula Marshall

Karen

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