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Film · 1986
Soul Man
1h 44mPG-13Directed by Steve Miner
- Comedy
He didn't give up, he got down.
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
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Cast
C. Thomas HowellMark Watson
Rae Dawn ChongSarah Walker
Arye GrossGordon Bloomfeld
James Earl JonesProfessor Banks
Melora HardinWhitney Dunbar
Leslie NielsenMr. Dunbar
Ann WalkerMrs. Dunbar
James B. SikkingBill Watson
Max WrightDr. Aronson
Jeff AltmanRay McGrady
Julia Louis-DreyfusLisa Stimson
Maree CheathamDorothy Watson
Details
- Director
- Steve Miner
- Writer
- Carol Black
- Music
- Tom Scott
- Cinematography
- Jeffrey Jur
- Editor
- David Finfer
- Producer
- Steve Tisch
- Release
- October 24, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Studio
- The Steve Tisch Company
- TMDB score
- 5.2 / 10 from 174 votes
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