A Family Thing
Directed by	Richard Pearce
Produced by	Michael Hausman Robert Duvall
Written by	Billy Bob Thornton Tom Epperson
Starring	Robert Duvall James Earl Jones Irma P. Hall Michael Beach
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	March 29, 1996 (USA)
Running time	109 min.
Language	English
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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. Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... William Robert Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla Township, Mississippi in Tate County) is among Americas best known film and stage actors. ... Irma P. Hall (born Irma Dolores Player Hall on June 3, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. ... Michael Beach (born October 30, 1962) is an African-American actor of Cape Verdean descent. ... Fred Murphy is one of the foremost New York based Cinematographers, who has worked on over fifty movies, among them such films as Secret Window, Auto Focus and The Mothman Prophecies. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla Township, Mississippi in Tate County) is among Americas best known film and stage actors. ... Irma P. Hall (born Irma Dolores Player Hall on June 3, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. ... William Robert Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ...

The film is a drama about a White American Southerner (Duvall) named Earl whose mother makes a shocking revelation on her death bed. She reveals that Earl's biological mother was an African-American who died while giving birth to him. His mother's dying wish is that he goes to Chicago to meet his half-brother, Ray (Jones). Ray blames Earl for his own mother's death and does not want to speak to him. But his loving Aunt T. (Hall) welcomes Earl and insists the family accept him. The term White American refers primarily to Americans of European descent residing in the United States. ... Southern United States. ... An African American (also Afro-American or Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... This article is about Illinois largest city. ...

Hall won the 1996 Chicago Film Critics Association Award and the 1996 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. The Chicago Film Critics Association is an American film critic association. ...

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