Soul Man poster

Soul Man( 1986)

TV-MAComedy
54%
User
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He didn't give up, he got down.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      C. Thomas Howell

      Mark Watson

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      Rae Dawn Chong

      Sarah Walker

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      Arye Gross

      Gordon Bloomfeld

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      James Earl Jones

      Professor Banks

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      Melora Hardin

      Whitney Dunbar

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      Leslie Nielsen

      Mr. Dunbar

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      Ann Walker

      Mrs. Dunbar

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      James B. Sikking

      Bill Watson

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      Max Wright

      Dr. Aronson

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      Jeff Altman

      Ray McGrady

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      Julia Louis-Dreyfus

      Lisa Stimson

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      Maree Cheatham

      Dorothy Watson

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      Wallace Langham

      Barky Brewer

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      Eric Schiff

      Booey Fraser

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      Ron Reagan

      Frank

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      Mark Neely

      Brad Small

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      David Reynolds

      Ernie

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      Wolfe Perry

      Leon

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      Jerry Pavlon

      Bruce Wizansky

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      Laurel Green

      Zendel

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      John David Bland

      Seth

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      Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

      George Walker

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      Felix Nelson

      Mr. Walker

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      Betty Cole

      Mrs. Walker

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      Bo Mancuso

      Bundy Dunbar

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      Donald Hotton

      Mr. Wicher

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      Linda Hoy

      Mrs. Sherwood

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      Robert Burleigh

      Bouchard Man

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      Jonathan Wise

      Andrew

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      Amy Stoch

      Kim

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      Paul O'Brien

      Officer Schkolnick

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      M.C. Gainey

      Jail Cell Bigot

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      Freddie Dawson

      D.J.

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    A review by Dan_Tebasco

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    Written by Dan_Tebasco on Mon Mar 20 2017
    **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 I wouldn't call it racist at all. It's about a white guy who gets into Harvard but can't afford to go there so he looks for scholarships that he can take but the only one applicable to him is one designed for African Americans. So he fakes being black (with full blackface makeover and a 80's jerrycurl to match) ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    4500000.00

    Revenue

    35000000.00

    Keywords

    • scholarship
    • secret identity
    • harvard university
    • college
    • los angeles, california