Soul Man (1986)
He didn't give up, he got down.
104 min
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.
- Release date
- May 21, 1987
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $35,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- C. Thomas Howell as Mark Watson
- Rae Dawn Chong as Sarah Walker
- Arye Gross as Gordon Bloomfeld
- James Earl Jones as Professor Banks
- Melora Hardin as Whitney Dunbar
- Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Dunbar
- Ann Walker as Mrs. Dunbar
- James B. Sikking as Bill Watson
- Max Wright as Dr. Aronson
- Jeff Altman as Ray McGrady
Crew
- Steve Miner · Director
- Carol Black · Writer
- Steve Tisch · Producer
- Tom Scott · Composer
- Jeffrey Jur · Cinematographer
- David Finfer · Editor
- Melissa Skoff · Casting director
- Gregg Fonseca · Production designer