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Soul Man

Soul Man

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 24, 1986

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

54%

Original Title

Soul Man

Production Companies

The Steve Tisch Company

Director

Steve Miner

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$35,000,000

Description

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.