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A Family Thing: Directed by Richard Pearce. With Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall. When an old woman dies, she leaves a note for her apparent son (Robert Duvall) which tells him that his biological mother died giving birth to him.
109 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $10,125,417. A Family Thing is a 1996 American drama 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 .
That's the setup for "A Family Thing," which is part fantasy, part comedy, part drama, part truth. Earl ( Robert Duvall) gasses up his pickup, makes a few excuses to his family, and drives up to Chicago, where he finds that Ray ( James Earl Jones) is a veteran policeman assigned to the mayor's office. Ray is none too pleased to meet him.
After his mother's death, Earl Pilcher Jr. discovers a letter revealing a family secret: Earl's natural mother was actually a black woman who died giving birth to him. The letter also reveals the ...
A Family Thing (1996) Movie Info Synopsis Following the death of the white woman he thought was his mother, a shocked Earl Pilcher Jr. (Robert Duvall) learns he is half black.
Ray makes up a story about Earl and he being Korean war comrades for his Auntie T., the sister of Earl's and Ray's mother, Willa Mae, who raised Ray after Willa Mae died giving birth to Earl. But Auntie T., who is blind, sees right through Ray's story and knows who Earl is. When Ray's son, Virgil, returns home from his job as a city transit bus ...
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