A Family Thing

With family, everything is relative.

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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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Creators

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Richard Pearce

director

Billy Bob Thornton

writer

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Tom Epperson

writer

Cast

Robert Duvall actor James Earl Jones actor Michael Beach actor Irma P. Hall actor Grace Zabriskie actor Regina Taylor actor David Keith actor Xander Berkeley actor

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Jacqueline Williams actor Mary Jackson actor Paula Marshall actor

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Phillip Edward Van Lear actor

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Meg Thalken actor

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Richard Lexsee actor

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James N. Harrell actor

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Lauren Leigh Phillips actor

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Ashleigh Jordan actor

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Saundra Quarterman actor

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Rufus Thomas actor Reggie Hayes actor