
A Family Thing
Comedy
Drama
Lenguage:109 min
Duration:en
Release date:Mar 29, 1996
Calificacion:6.5
Description:
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 DuvallEarl Pilcher Jr.

James Earl JonesRay Murdock

Michael BeachVirgil

Irma P. HallAunt T.

Grace ZabriskieRuby

Regina TaylorAnn

David KeithSonny

Jacqueline WilliamsWoman at Hospital

Mary JacksonCarrie

Paula MarshallKaren