A Family Thing

A 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. 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 an African American maid named Willa Mae, w... More

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  • Mar 29, 1996

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PG-13 (USA)

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  • 1 h 49 min

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  • A Family Thing

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Directed by

Richard Pearce

Richard Pearce (born January 25, 1943 in San Diego, California) is an American film director and producer. He prepped at St. Paul's School and then earned a B.A., English from Yale University in the Class of 1965. While in college, he was a guitarist for, and a leader of, the Augmented Seven, a...

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Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1996
  • May 8, 2001
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  • 1 h 49 min

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  • 2,582
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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