A Family Thing

6.5
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 1996. March 29.

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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Art

Linda DeScenna

Production Design

James Nedza

Art Direction

Ric McElvin

Set Decoration

Camera

Gerrit Dangremond

Camera Operator

John S. Robertson

Dolly Grip

Fred Murphy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Joe I. Tompkins

Costume Design

Crew

Rick LeFevour

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Richard Pearce

Director

Craig Huston

First Assistant Director

Aiman A. Humaideh

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Mark Warner

Editor

Lighting

Alphonse Blumenthal

Chief Lighting Technician

Production

Jason White

Extras Casting Assistant

Brad Wilson

Co-Producer

Michael Hausman

Unit Production Manager

Todd Black

Producer

Robert Duvall

Producer

Randa Haines

Producer

Scott Ferguson

Associate Producer

Michael Hausman

Executive Producer

Sound

Charles Gross

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Linda DeScenna

Production Design

James Nedza

Art Direction

Ric McElvin

Set Decoration

Camera

Gerrit Dangremond

Camera Operator

John S. Robertson

Dolly Grip

Fred Murphy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Joe I. Tompkins

Costume Design

Crew

Rick LeFevour

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Richard Pearce

Director

Craig Huston

First Assistant Director

Aiman A. Humaideh

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Mark Warner

Editor

Lighting

Alphonse Blumenthal

Chief Lighting Technician

Production

Jason White

Extras Casting Assistant

Brad Wilson

Co-Producer

Michael Hausman

Unit Production Manager

Todd Black

Producer

Robert Duvall

Producer

Randa Haines

Producer

Scott Ferguson

Associate Producer

Michael Hausman

Executive Producer

Sound

Charles Gross

Original Music Composer

Writing