Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1986-10-24) |
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| BoxOffice: | $27,820,000 |
| Screen: | Carol Black |
| Productions: | The Steve Tisch Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 2878: C. Thomas Howell - Mark Watson
- 13312: Rae Dawn Chong - Sarah Walker
- 72028: Arye Gross - Gordon Bloomfeld
- 15152: James Earl Jones - Professor Banks
- 404: Melora Hardin - Whitney Dunbar
- 7633: Leslie Nielsen - Mr. Dunbar
- 84084: Ann Walker - Mrs. Dunbar
Crews
- 18663: Tom Scott - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 72029: Carol Black - Screenplay - Writing
- 720: Jeffrey Jur - Director of Photography - Camera
- 29: Steve Tisch - Producer - Production
- 18387: David Finfer - Editor - Editing
- 58712: Steve Miner - Director - Directing
- 1304456: Sharon Simonaire - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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**Soul Man** Had heard a bit about this movie before I saw it, many times refered to as being racist. In fact COMPLEX MAGAZINE listed it as number 4 on a 'most racist movies' list they made. Watching it, I must say it's a whole lot less racist than I expected it to be. In fact ....
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