A Family Thing

A Family Thing
Directed byRichard Pearce
Written byBilly Bob Thornton
Tom Epperson
Produced byMichael Hausman
Robert Duvall
Brad Wilson
Todd Black
Starring
CinematographyFred Murphy
Edited byMark Warner
Music byCharles Gross
Production
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Release date
  • March 29, 1996 (1996-03-29)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10,125,417

A Family Thing is a 1996 American Southern Gothic family drama film directed by Richard Pearce and written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson. The film features Robert Duvall as a farm equipment rental and dealership owner in rural Arkansas who travels to Chicago, Illinois to meet his long-lost half brother, portrayed by James Earl Jones, after discovering that his biological mother was an African-American maid to his family.