Soul Man
movie
He didn't give up, he got down.
Released October 24, 1986
Genres:
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.
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
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
as
Lisa Stimson
Maree Cheatham
as
Dorothy Watson
Crew
Steve Miner
as
Director
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Carol Black
as
Screenplay
Steve Tisch
as
Producer
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Tom Scott
as
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey Jur
as
Director of Photography
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David Finfer
as
Editor
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Donna Smith
as
Production Manager
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Anne Tamrazi
as
Assistant Property Master
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Elizabeth Flaherty
as
Art Department Coordinator
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Robert L. Blatman
as
First Assistant Camera
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Kelly Elder McGowen
as
Second Assistant Camera
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Michael Becker
as
Still Photographer