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A Family Thing is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Pearce released in USA on 29 march 1996 with Robert Duvall
A Family Thing (1996)
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Add to a movie listA Family Thing is a 1996 film starring Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones and Irma P. Hall. It was written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and directed by Richard Pearce.
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The film is a drama about a Scotch-Irish American Southerner (Duvall) named Earl Pilcher, whose late mother makes a shocking revelation in a letter that is given to him after her death. She reveals that Earl's biological mother was a Black American maid named Willa Mae, who was raped by Earl's (white) father and that she died while giving birth to Earl. His adoptive mother's dying wish is that he go to Chicago to meet his half-brother, Raymond Murdoch (Jones). Ray blames Earl's father for his own mother's death and does not want to speak to Earl, whose very presence reminds Ray of the past. But his loving Aunt T. (Hall) welcomes Earl and insists the family accept him.Actors
Robert Duvall
(Earl Pilcher Jr.)
James Earl Jones
(Ray Murdock)
Irma P. Hall
(Aunt T.)
Michael Beach
(Virgil)
Regina Taylor
(Ann)
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