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CAST AS ROLE MODELS:

ROBERT DuVALL plays a farmer with some racist underlinings to his personality that accompany his stubborness.

JAMES EARL JONES plays a cop who has similar traits to his half brother.

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ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE

Earl has a drink in a bar and later behaves as if he’s drunk.

Virgil drinks a beer at a picnic.

Raymond admits he used to be an alcoholic.

Earl and Raymond take shots of Scotch at their mother’s gravesite.

BLOOD/GORE

After Earl is carjacked and beaten, a stream of blood pours from his nose and mouth and he has a bloody gash on his forehead.

A doctor’s apron is bloody after delivering a baby.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE

There are moderate racist attitudes from both sides throughout the movie.

Raymond admits he was a car thief when he was a teen.

The youths who steal Earl's truck and beat him obviously have bad attitudes.

FRIGHTENING/TENSE SCENES

Earl drunkenly wanders through dimly lit, bad sections of town during a thunderstorm.

GUNS/WEAPONS

A handgun is pointed at Earl as he’s being carjacked.

We briefly see a war movie on TV with explosions and machine guns blazing.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

Racists remarks, particularly the "n" word being used by both races.

Phrases: "Kiss my ass," and "Sorry ass."

JUMP SCENES

None.

MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE)

There is some minor tense music during a flashback scene of Earl being born.

MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE)

None.

PROFANITY

4 "f" words, 17 "s" words, 10 "ass" words, 14 damns, 6 hells, 6 S.O.B.'s and several "God damns" used as exclamations.

SEX/NUDITY

We’re told that Earl’s father forced himself onto another woman.

While throwing back taunts at teens who accost him, Earl says "I laid your mother too."

When asking where he could stay for $20/night, Earl is told "Some hooker place," to which he responds, "That’ll do."

We see the naked backside and belly of a pregnant woman in bed.

SMOKING

Cigar smokers are briefly seen on downtown streets.

People in a bar are seen smoking.

TENSE FAMILY SCENES

Earl and other family members visit their dying mother. She’s having convulsions, and the setting is tense. At the end of the scene she dies.

There is a funeral for Earl’s mother.

Earl finds out that his late mother was not his natural mother, but that his father forced himself on another woman, who got pregnant and died after giving birth to Earl.

Raymond’s son, Virgil, is separated from his wife and only gets to see his two daughters on the weekends.

Virgil gets upset and much yelling ensues when he finds out he has a white uncle.

TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT

There is talk of Earl’s father forcing himself on Raymond’s mother years ago (ie. Rape and adultery).

Two way racism.

VIOLENCE

Four inner city teens run into the back of Earl’s truck. They get out, hit him in the face and stomach, kick him on the ground, and then steal his wallet and truck.

We see a boxing match clip from "Rocky III" as well as a war movie on Raymond’s TV.

Aunt T. slaps Virgil's face after he says "God damn."

Earl and Raymond get into an argument that turns into a wrestling fight (no punches).

A seemingly drunken Earl is forcibly thrown out of a bar.

When asked, Raymond says he did kill people in the Korean War.

Raymond tells Earl that he always wanted to kill Earl’s daddy (due to the rape of his mother).