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
Greg Hollimon
as Man #2
David Keith
as Sonny
Reggie Hayes
as Virgil's Friend
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
as Green Mill Bouncer (uncredited)
James Earl Jones
as Ray Murdock
Mary Jackson
as Carrie
Phillip Edward Van Lear
as Club Manager
Meg Thalken
as Doctor
Grace Zabriskie
as Ruby
Robert Duvall
as Earl Pilcher Jr.
Xander Berkeley
as Sunburned Man
Jacqueline Williams
as Woman at Hospital
Irma P. Hall
as Aunt T.
Regina Taylor
as Ann
Paula Marshall
as Karen
Michael Beach
as Virgil
Tommy Bush
as Old Man
Crew
Jason White
Extras Casting Assistant
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Robert Duvall
Producer
Randa Haines
Producer
Craig Huston
First Assistant Director
Scott Ferguson
Associate Producer
Richard Pearce
Director
Billy Bob Thornton
Writer
Rick LeFevour
Stunt Coordinator
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Todd Black
Producer