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Soul Man (1986)

October 24, 1986 (US) • Comedy • 104m

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.

Director

Steve Miner

Writer

Carol Black

Top Billed

C. Thomas Howell

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Crew
Carol Black
Carol Black

Screenplay

Tom Scott
Tom Scott

Original Music Composer

Jeffrey Jur
Jeffrey Jur

Director of Photography

Donna Smith
Donna Smith

Production Manager

Anne Tamrazi
Anne Tamrazi

Assistant Property Master

Elizabeth Flaherty
Elizabeth Flaherty

Art Department Coordinator

Robert L. Blatman
Robert L. Blatman

First Assistant Camera

Kelly Elder McGowen
Kelly Elder McGowen

Second Assistant Camera

Michael Becker
Michael Becker

Still Photographer

Karen Golden
Karen Golden

Script Supervisor

Sharon Simonaire
Sharon Simonaire

Costume Design

Christopher Brooks
Christopher Brooks

Supervising Music Editor

Devora Fischa
Devora Fischa

Makeup Artist

Enid Arias
Enid Arias

Hairstylist

Paul McIlvaine
Paul McIlvaine

Best Boy Electric

Ricky Perez
Ricky Perez

Electrician

Don Summer
Don Summer

Sound Mixer

Steve Sollars
Steve Sollars

Boom Operator

Joseph A. Liuzzi
Joseph A. Liuzzi

Location Manager

Dianne Mapp-Cheek
Dianne Mapp-Cheek

Production Accountant

Michelle Solotar
Michelle Solotar

Production Coordinator

Doug Lefler
Doug Lefler

Storyboard Artist

John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Construction Coordinator

Michael Reinhart
Michael Reinhart

Construction Foreman

Roger George
Roger George

Special Effects

Mike Padovich
Mike Padovich

Transportation Coordinator

Hal Lary
Hal Lary

Transportation Captain

Chris Howell
Chris Howell

Stunt Coordinator

Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross

Title Designer

Nina Saxon
Nina Saxon

Title Designer

Gordon Ecker
Gordon Ecker

Supervising Sound Editor

John Leveque
John Leveque

Sound Editor

Karen G. Wilson
Karen G. Wilson

Sound Editor

Marvin Walowitz
Marvin Walowitz

Sound Editor

Sherman Waze
Sherman Waze

Sound Editor

Richard E. Yawn
Richard E. Yawn

Foley Editor

Shawn Sykora
Shawn Sykora

Assistant Sound Editor

John T. Reitz
John T. Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David E. Campbell
David E. Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gregg Rudloff
Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lois Trent-Bring
Lois Trent-Bring

Negative Cutter

Bernie Goldmann
Bernie Goldmann

Associate Producer

Stephen Vaughan
Stephen Vaughan

Associate Producer

David Anderle
David Anderle

Music Supervisor

Gregg Fonseca
Gregg Fonseca

Production Design

Donna Smith
Donna Smith

Line Producer

Carol Black
Carol Black

Co-Producer

Neal Marlens
Neal Marlens

Co-Producer

Betsy Magruder
Betsy Magruder

First Assistant Director

Josh King
Josh King

Second Assistant Director

Stuart B. Hagen
Stuart B. Hagen

Second Second Assistant Director

Don Diers
Don Diers

Art Direction

Larry Fulton
Larry Fulton

Set Designer

Dorree Cooper
Dorree Cooper

Set Decoration

Lisa Dean
Lisa Dean

Set Dresser

Gene Serdena
Gene Serdena

Set Dresser

Kirk Corwin
Kirk Corwin

Property Master



Reviews

Dan_Tebasco

⭐ 6/10

March 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 o… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$35,000,000

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