Soul Man
1986/10/24 (US) | 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.
Carol Black
Screenplay
Steve Miner
Director
Lead Cast
C. Thomas Howell
Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong
Sarah Walker
Arye Gross
Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones
Professor Banks
Melora Hardin
Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen
Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker
Mrs. Dunbar
Budget
$ 4,500,000
Revenue
$ 35,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- The Steve Tisch Company
Crews
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey Jur
Director of Photography
Steve Tisch
Producer
David Finfer
Editor
Sharon Simonaire
Costume Design
Anne Tamrazi
Assistant Property Master