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A Family Thing
Quick Facts
DirectorRichard Pearce
Runtime1h 49m · PG-13
GenresComedy · Drama
Release1996-03-29
Film

A Family Thing

1996· PG-13· 1h 49m· Comedy· Drama

With family, everything is relative.

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.

1996-03-29
A Family Thing

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Key Crew
ProducerRanda Haines
Director of PhotographyFred Murphy
Original Music ComposerCharles Gross
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 25 crew)

Details

Released1996-03-29
Runtime1h 49m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosUnited Artists · Butcher's Run Films · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Box office$10M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.5/10 · 76 votes
Original languageen

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