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A Family Thing
1996, Mar 29
1h 49m
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.
Directed by
Richard Pearce
Written by
Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Billy Bob Thornton
Robert Duvall
Earl Pilcher Jr.
Michael Beach
Virgil
Xander Berkeley
Sunburned Man
James Earl Jones
Ray Murdock
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Club Manager
David Keith
Sonny
Grace Zabriskie
Ruby
Paula Marshall
Karen
Meg Thalken
Doctor
Irma P. Hall
Aunt T.
Reggie Hayes
Virgil's Friend
Regina Taylor
Ann
Mary Jackson
Carrie
Jacqueline Williams
Woman at Hospital
Rufus Thomas
Tommy
Richard Lexsee
Truckjacker
James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.
Lauren Leigh Phillips
Kindra
Ashleigh Jordan
Danielle
Sandra Quarterman
Young Aunt T.
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