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A Family Thing (1996) [PG-13]

Release Date:
March 29, 1996

Original Title:
A Family Thing

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Butcher's Run Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
NL: 6  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 109

With family, everything is relative.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
James Nedza

Associate Producer:
Scott Ferguson

Camera Operator:
Gerrit Dangremond

Casting:
Victoria Thomas

Chief Lighting Technician:
Alphonse Blumenthal

Co-Producer:
Brad Wilson

Costume Design:
Joe I. Tompkins

Director:
Richard Pearce

Director of Photography:
Fred Murphy

Dolly Grip:
John S. Robertson

Editor:
Mark Warner

Executive Producer:
Michael Hausman

Extras Casting Assistant:
Jason White

First Assistant Director:
Craig Huston

Key Grip:
Morgan Michael Lewis

Original Music Composer:
Charles Gross

Producer:
Robert Duvall
Randa Haines
Todd Black

Production Design:
Linda DeScenna

Second Assistant Director:
Aiman A. Humaideh

Set Decoration:
Ric McElvin

Stunt Coordinator:
Rick LeFevour

Unit Production Manager:
Michael Hausman

Writer:
Billy Bob Thornton
Tom Epperson

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