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A Family Thing

A Family Thing

MGM/UA (1996)
DVD
PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
027616860989
Drama
USA | English | Color | 01:49

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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Robert Duvall Earl
James Earl Jones Ray
Michael Beach Virgil
Irma P. Hall Aunt T.
Grace Zabriskie Ruby
Regina Taylor Ann
Mary Jackson Carrie
Paula Marshall Karen
James N. Harrell Earl Sr.
Lauren Leigh Phillips Kindra
Ashleigh Jordan Danielle
David Keith Sonny
Sandra Quarterman Young Aunt T.
Patrice Pitman Quinn Willa Mae
Don James Junior Turner
Jim Sanderson Dr. Parks
Karla Harscheid Young Carrie Pilcher
Crystal Laws Green Maotis
Marquis Ramone Colquitt Little Raymond
Nathan Lee Lewis Brother Conners
Katharine Mitchell Woman in Apartment
Xander Berkeley Sunburned Man
Willo Hausman Waitress
Rufus Thomas Tommy
Richard Lexsee Truckjacker

Trailer

Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date May 08, 2001
Regions Region 1