A Family Thing

A Family Thing

With family, everything is relative.

1996 en 109 minutes

Rating: 6.444

Plot

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.

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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

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Club Manager

Meg Thalken

Meg Thalken

Doctor

Richard Lexsee

Richard Lexsee

Truckjacker

Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley

Sunburned Man

James N. Harrell

James N. Harrell

Earl Pilcher Sr.

Lauren Leigh Phillips

Lauren Leigh Phillips

Kindra

Ashleigh Jordan

Ashleigh Jordan

Danielle

Sandra Quarterman

Sandra Quarterman

Young Aunt T.

Rufus Thomas

Rufus Thomas

Tommy

Reggie Hayes

Reggie Hayes

Virgil's Friend

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