A Family Thing
1996
⏱️ 109 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDrama
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
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Director
Richard Pearce
Writer
Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Producer
Robert Duvall, Randa Haines, Michael Hausman
Production
United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
letterarkansasbirthbiracialmatriarchy