A Family Thing
| A Family Thing | |
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| Directed by | Richard Pearce |
| Written by | Billy Bob Thornton Tom Epperson |
| Produced by | Michael Hausman Robert Duvall Brad Wilson Todd Black |
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| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Edited by | Mark Warner |
| Music by | Charles Gross |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.