A Family Thing (1996)
With family, everything is relative.
1996 · PG-13 · 1h 49m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
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…
Director: Richard Pearce
Writers: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Music by: Charles Gross
Cinematography: Fred Murphy
Editor: Mark Warner
Box office: $10M · Rated 6.5/10 by 76 viewers
Cast
Robert Duvall as Earl Pilcher Jr.James Earl Jones as Ray MurdockMichael Beach as VirgilIrma P. Hall as Aunt T.Grace Zabriskie as RubyRegina Taylor as AnnDavid Keith as SonnyXander Berkeley as Sunburned ManJacqueline Williams as Woman at HospitalMary Jackson as CarriePaula Marshall as KarenPhillip Edward Van Lear as Club ManagerMore like this
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