

Soul Man
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$4.5M
$4,500,000
Revenue
$35.0M
$35,000,000
Languages
English
Studio
The Steve Tisch Company
Key Crew

Steve Miner
Director

Steve Tisch
Producer
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

James B. Sikking
Bill Watson

Max Wright
Dr. Aronson

Jeff Altman
Ray McGrady

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lisa Stimson

Maree Cheatham
Dorothy Watson

Wallace Langham
Barky Brewer
Eric Schiff
Booey Fraser

Ron Reagan
Frank

Mark Neely
Brad Small

David Reynolds
Ernie

Wolfe Perry
Leon
Jerry Pavlon
Bruce Wizansky

Laurel Green
Zendel