A Family Thing
                
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                March 29, 1996
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                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.
Featured Crew
Richard Pearce
                            Director
                        Jason White
                            Extras Casting Assistant
                        Billy Bob Thornton
                            Writer
                        
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        Cast
                
                
                    Robert Duvall
                    
            
                        Earl Pilcher Jr.
                    
                
                
                
                    James Earl Jones
                    
            
                        Ray Murdock
                    
                
                
                
                    Michael Beach
                    
            
                        Virgil
                    
                
                
                
                    Irma P. Hall
                    
            
                        Aunt T.
                    
                
                
                
                    Grace Zabriskie
                    
            
                        Ruby