A Family Thing (1996)

03/29/1996 1h 49m

With family, everything is relative.

How old is the movie?

29 years 2 months 17 days

Overview

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Robert Duvall

as Earl Pilcher Jr.

Born 01/05/1931, age 94

James Earl Jones

as Ray Murdock

Born 01/17/1931, age 94

Michael Beach

as Virgil

Born 10/30/1963, age 61

Irma P. Hall

as Aunt T.

Born 06/03/1935, age 90

Grace Zabriskie

as Ruby

Born 05/17/1941, age 84

Regina Taylor

as Ann

Born 08/22/1960, age 64

David Keith

as Sonny

Born 05/08/1954, age 71

Paula Marshall

as Karen

Born 06/12/1964, age 61

Xander Berkeley

as Sunburned Man

Born 12/16/1955, age 69