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24/10/1986 Comedy 1h 44m
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He didn't give up, he got down.

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.

  1. Steve Miner

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. C. Thomas Howell

    Mark Watson

  2. Rae Dawn Chong

    Sarah Walker

  3. Arye Gross

    Gordon Bloomfeld

  4. James Earl Jones

    Professor Banks

  5. Melora Hardin

    Whitney Dunbar

  6. Leslie Nielsen

    Mr. Dunbar

  7. Ann Walker

    Mrs. Dunbar

  8. James B. Sikking

    Bill Watson

  9. Max Wright

    Dr. Aronson

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Reviews

A review by Dan_Tebasco
Written by Dan_Tebasco on 2017-03-20
**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)...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,500,000.00

Revenue
$35,000,000.00

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