A Family Thing
A Family Thing
Release: 1996-03-29
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 6.4
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 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
United Artists
Butcher's Run Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Grace Zabriskie
as Ruby
Jacqueline Williams
as Woman at Hospital
Robert Duvall
as Earl Pilcher Jr.
James Earl Jones
as Ray Murdock
Paula Marshall
as Karen
Tommy Bush
as Old Man
Michael Beach
as Virgil
David Keith
as Sonny
Reggie Hayes
as Virgil's Friend
Irma P. Hall
as Aunt T.
Meg Thalken
as Doctor
Mary Jackson
as Carrie
Phillip Edward Van Lear
as Club Manager
Greg Hollimon
as Man #2
Xander Berkeley
as Sunburned Man
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
as Green Mill Bouncer (uncredited)
Regina Taylor
as Ann
Crew
Richard Pearce
Director
Billy Bob Thornton
Writer
Craig Huston
First Assistant Director
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Robert Duvall
Producer
Scott Ferguson
Associate Producer
Randa Haines
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Rick LeFevour
Stunt Coordinator
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Jason White
Extras Casting Assistant