Soul Man
(1986)

He didn't give up, he got down.

Released: 1986-10-24

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A caucasian 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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C. Thomas Howell

as Mark Watson

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Rae Dawn Chong

as Sarah Walker

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Arye Gross

as Gordon Bloomfeld

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James Earl Jones

as Professor Banks

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Melora Hardin

as Whitney Dunbar

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Leslie Nielsen

as Mr. Dunbar

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Ann Walker

as Mrs. Dunbar

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James B. Sikking

as Bill Watson

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Max Wright

as Dr. Aronson

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Jeff Altman

as Ray McGrady

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Maree Cheatham

as Dorothy Watson

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Wallace Langham

as Barky Brewer

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Eric Schiff

as Booey Fraser

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Mark Neely

as Brad Small

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Jerry Pavlon

as Bruce Wizansky

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Tom Scott

Original Music Composer

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Carol Black

Screenplay

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Jeffrey Jur

Director of Photography

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Sharon Simonaire

Costume Design

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Anne Tamrazi

Assistant Property Master

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Robert L. Blatman

First Assistant Camera

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Michael Becker

Still Photographer

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Christopher Brooks

Supervising Music Editor

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Devora Fischa

Makeup Artist

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John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Construction Coordinator

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Nina Saxon

Title Designer

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Enid Arias

Hairstylist

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Paul McIlvaine

Best Boy Electric

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Chris Howell

Stunt Coordinator

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Mike Padovich

Transportation Coordinator

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