Director: Richard Pearce
Writer(s): Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Starring: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall, Grace Zabriskie, Regina Taylor, Mary Jackson, Paula Marshall, James N. Harrell, Lauren Leigh Phillips, Ashleigh Jordan, David Keith, Sandra Quarterman, Patrice Pitman Quinn, Don James, Jim Sanderson, Karla Harscheid, Crystal Laws Green, Marquis Ramone Colquitt, Nathan Lee Lewis, Katharine Mitchell, Xander Berkeley, Willo Hausman, Rufus Thomas, Richard Lexsee, Ramsey Harris, J. Antonio Moon, Meg Thalken, Jeri Boyle, Tommy Bush, Jacqueline Williams, Wanda Christine, Roy Hytower, John Mikels, Asa Harris, Bernard Mixon, Paulette McDaniels, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Antoine Roshell, Greg Hollimon, Reginald C. Hayes, Andrew Love, Garry Goin, Paul D. Wilson, Ernie Adams, Tony Brown, Theodis Rodgers, David Spencer, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., Sylvester Stallone
Synopsis: 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.
Release Date: March 29, 1996 (USA) | Length: 109 min | Genre: Comedy, Drama | MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some strong language, brief violence and a childbirth scene.
Note: Stallone is not actually in the film, its archive footage from Rocky. I need to see this film to better identify people.