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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
Paula Marshall
Karen
David Keith
Sonny
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Green Mill Bouncer (uncredited)
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Club Manager
James Earl Jones
Ray Murdock
Grace Zabriskie
Ruby
Reggie Hayes
Virgil's Friend
Meg Thalken
Doctor
Regina Taylor
Ann
Mary Jackson
Carrie
Irma P. Hall
Aunt T.
Tommy Bush
Old Man
Jacqueline Williams
Woman at Hospital
Greg Hollimon
Man #2
Richard Lexsee
Truckjacker
James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.
Lauren Leigh Phillips
Kindra
Ashleigh Jordan
Danielle
Saundra Quarterman
Young Aunt T.
Rufus Thomas
Tommy
Patrice Pitman Quinn
Willa Mae
Don James
Junior Turner
Crystal Laws Green
Maotis
Nathan Lee Lewis
Brother Conners
Katharine Mitchell
Woman in Apartment
Willo Hausman
Waitress
J. Antonio Moon
Truckjacker
Jeri Boyle
Old Lady
Wanda Christine
Woman at City Hall
Roy Hytower
Man at Gas Station
Bernard Mixon
Birthday Husband
Paulette McDaniels
Birthday Girl
Antoine Roshell
Young Man in Car
Andrew Love
The Nightclub Band
Tony Brown
The Nightclub Band
David Spencer
The Nightclub Band
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