A Family Thing
- Released on
- Runtime
- 109 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Robert Duvall
- James Earl Jones
- Michael Beach
- Irma P. Hall
- Grace Zabriskie
- Regina Taylor
- David Keith
- Xander Berkeley
- Jacqueline Williams
- Mary Jackson
- Paula Marshall
- Phillip Edward Van Lear
- Meg Thalken
- Richard Lexsee
- James N. Harrell
- Lauren Leigh Phillips
- Ashleigh Jordan
- Saundra Quarterman
- Rufus Thomas
- Reggie Hayes
- Patrice Pitman Quinn
- Don James
- Jim Sanderson
- Crystal Laws Green
- Nathan Lee Lewis
- Katharine Mitchell
- Willo Hausman
- J. Antonio Moon
- Jeri Boyle
- Tommy Bush
- Wanda Christine
- Roy Hytower
- John Mikels
- Bernard Mixon
- Paulette McDaniels
- Antoine Roshell
- Greg Hollimon
- Andrew Love
- Tony Brown
- Theodis Rodgers
- David Spencer
- Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Director
- Richard Pearce
Producers
- Robert Duvall
- Todd Black
- Randa Haines
