A Family Thing

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A Family Thing is a 1996 drama film about a man who discovers his mixed-race heritage and forms an unexpected bond with his African American half-brother and their extended family.

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instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematography Fred Murphy NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Richard Pearce NERFINISHED
distributedBy MGM NERFINISHED
United Artists
editedBy Priscilla Nedd-Friendly NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Aunt T NERFINISHED
Virgil NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Arkansas NERFINISHED
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
genre drama film
hasTheme interracial family dynamics
race and ethnicity in the United States
reconciliation
mainCharacter Earl Pilcher Jr. NERFINISHED
Ray Murdock NERFINISHED
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Charles Gross NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus family relationships
racial identity
self-discovery
notableFor performances by Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones
portrayal of mixed-race heritage discovery
originalLanguage English
producer Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED
Brent Briscoe NERFINISHED
David Valdes NERFINISHED
productionCompany MGM NERFINISHED
United Artists NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1996-03-29
releaseYear 1996
runtimeMinutes 109
setIn Arkansas NERFINISHED
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
setInPeriod late 20th century
starring Grace Zabriskie NERFINISHED
Irma P. Hall NERFINISHED
James Earl Jones NERFINISHED
Michael Beach NERFINISHED
Robert Duvall NERFINISHED
writer Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED
Robert Harmon NERFINISHED
Tom Epperson NERFINISHED

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Regina Taylor notableWork A Family Thing