A Family Thing

A Family Thing (1996)

With family, everything is relative.

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.

star 6.4
  • Release Date: 1996-03-29
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Director: Richard Pearce

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Cast

  • Robert Duvall

    Earl Pilcher Jr.

  • James Earl Jones

    Ray Murdock

  • Michael Beach

    Virgil

  • Irma P. Hall

    Aunt T.

  • Grace Zabriskie

    Ruby

  • Regina Taylor

    Ann

  • David Keith

    Sonny

  • Jacqueline Williams

    Woman at Hospital

  • Mary Jackson

    Carrie

  • Paula Marshall

    Karen

  • Phillip Edward Van Lear

    Club Manager

  • Meg Thalken

    Doctor

  • Richard Lexsee

    Truckjacker

  • Xander Berkeley

    Sunburned Man

  • James N. Harrell

    Earl Pilcher Sr.

  • Lauren Leigh Phillips

    Kindra

  • Ashleigh Jordan

    Danielle

  • Sandra Quarterman

    Young Aunt T.

  • Rufus Thomas

    Tommy

  • Reggie Hayes

    Virgil's Friend

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