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A Family Thing

A Family Thing1996

★6.6109 minComedyDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Billy Bob Thornton Tom Epperson

Score

Stars

Robert Duvall James Earl Jones Michael Beach

Cast42

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

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