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About
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
Theatrical
Mar 29, 1996
Box Office
$10.1M
DVD / Blu-ray
May 8, 2001
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United Artists, Butcher's Run Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
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Robert Duvall
Earl Pilcher Jr.
James Earl Jones
Ray Murdock
M
Michael Beach
Virgil
I
Irma P. Hall
Aunt T.
G
Grace Zabriskie
Ruby
R
Regina Taylor
Ann
D
David Keith
Sonny
X
Xander Berkeley
Sunburned Man
J
Jacqueline Williams
Woman at Hospital
M
Mary Jackson
Carrie
P
Paula Marshall
Karen
P
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Club Manager
M
Meg Thalken
Doctor
R
Richard Lexsee
Truckjacker
J
James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.
S
Saundra Quarterman
Young Aunt T.
R
Rufus Thomas
Tommy
R
Reggie Hayes
Virgil's Friend
D
Don James
Junior Turner
C
Crystal Laws Green
Maotis
