Soul Man

5.3
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1986. October 24.

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.

Discover

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

Mark Neely

Brad Small

Jerry Pavlon

Bruce Wizansky

Felix Nelson

Mr. Walker

Betty Cole

Mrs. Walker

Bo Mancuso

Bundy Dunbar

Donald Hotton

Mr. Wicher

Linda Hoy

Mrs. Sherwood

Robert Burleigh

Bouchard Man

Paul O'Brien

Officer Schkolnick

M.C. Gainey

Jail Cell Bigot

Scott L. Treger

Harvard Basketball Player (uncredited)

Art

Elizabeth Flaherty

Art Department Coordinator

Anne Tamrazi

Assistant Property Master

Doug Lefler

Storyboard Artist

Nina Saxon

Title Designer

John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Construction Coordinator

Deborah Ross

Title Designer

Michael Reinhart

Construction Foreman

Gregg Fonseca

Production Design

Dorree Cooper

Set Decoration

Larry Fulton

Set Designer

Lisa Dean

Set Dresser

Don Diers

Art Direction

Kirk Corwin

Property Master

Gene Serdena

Set Dresser

Camera

Jeffrey Jur

Director of Photography

Michael Becker

Still Photographer

Kelly Elder McGowen

Second Assistant Camera

Robert L. Blatman

First Assistant Camera

Khan Griffith

Dolly Grip

Donne Daniels

Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Devora Fischa

Makeup Artist

Enid Arias

Hairstylist

Sharon Simonaire

Costume Design

Crew

Mike Padovich

Transportation Coordinator

Hal Lary

Transportation Captain

Chris Howell

Stunt Coordinator

Pat Romano

Stunts

Roger George

Special Effects

Directing

Steve Miner

Director

Karen Golden

Script Supervisor

Betsy Magruder

First Assistant Director

Stuart B. Hagen

Second Second Assistant Director

Josh King

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lois Trent-Bring

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Paul McIlvaine

Best Boy Electric

Karen Bean

Gaffer

Ricky Perez

Electrician

Production

Steve Tisch

Producer

Donna Smith

Production Manager

Dianne Mapp-Cheek

Production Accountant

Joseph A. Liuzzi

Location Manager

Michelle Solotar

Production Coordinator

Neal Marlens

Co-Producer

Donna Smith

Line Producer

Bernie Goldmann

Associate Producer

Stephen Vaughan

Associate Producer

Carol Black

Co-Producer

Sound

Tom Scott

Original Music Composer

Christopher Brooks

Supervising Music Editor

John Leveque

Sound Editor

David A. Whittaker

Sound Editor

Steve Sollars

Boom Operator

Don Summer

Sound Mixer

Karen G. Wilson

Sound Editor

Richard E. Yawn

Foley Editor

Becky Sullivan

ADR Editor

Marvin Walowitz

Sound Editor

Gordon Ecker

Supervising Sound Editor

Sherman Waze

Sound Editor

John T. Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shawn Sykora

Assistant Sound Editor

David E. Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Anderle

Music Supervisor

Writing

Carol Black

Screenplay

Art

Elizabeth Flaherty

Art Department Coordinator

Anne Tamrazi

Assistant Property Master

Doug Lefler

Storyboard Artist

Nina Saxon

Title Designer

John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Construction Coordinator

Deborah Ross

Title Designer

Michael Reinhart

Construction Foreman

Gregg Fonseca

Production Design

Dorree Cooper

Set Decoration

Larry Fulton

Set Designer

Lisa Dean

Set Dresser

Don Diers

Art Direction

Kirk Corwin

Property Master

Gene Serdena

Set Dresser

Camera

Jeffrey Jur

Director of Photography

Michael Becker

Still Photographer

Kelly Elder McGowen

Second Assistant Camera

Robert L. Blatman

First Assistant Camera

Khan Griffith

Dolly Grip

Donne Daniels

Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Devora Fischa

Makeup Artist

Enid Arias

Hairstylist

Sharon Simonaire

Costume Design

Crew

Mike Padovich

Transportation Coordinator

Hal Lary

Transportation Captain

Chris Howell

Stunt Coordinator

Pat Romano

Stunts

Roger George

Special Effects

Directing

Steve Miner

Director

Karen Golden

Script Supervisor

Betsy Magruder

First Assistant Director

Stuart B. Hagen

Second Second Assistant Director

Josh King

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lois Trent-Bring

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Paul McIlvaine

Best Boy Electric

Karen Bean

Gaffer

Ricky Perez

Electrician

Production

Steve Tisch

Producer

Donna Smith

Production Manager

Dianne Mapp-Cheek

Production Accountant

Joseph A. Liuzzi

Location Manager

Michelle Solotar

Production Coordinator

Neal Marlens

Co-Producer

Donna Smith

Line Producer

Bernie Goldmann

Associate Producer

Stephen Vaughan

Associate Producer

Carol Black

Co-Producer

Sound

Tom Scott

Original Music Composer

Christopher Brooks

Supervising Music Editor

John Leveque

Sound Editor

David A. Whittaker

Sound Editor

Steve Sollars

Boom Operator

Don Summer

Sound Mixer

Karen G. Wilson

Sound Editor

Richard E. Yawn

Foley Editor

Becky Sullivan

ADR Editor

Marvin Walowitz

Sound Editor

Gordon Ecker

Supervising Sound Editor

Sherman Waze

Sound Editor

John T. Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shawn Sykora

Assistant Sound Editor

David E. Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Anderle

Music Supervisor

Writing

Carol Black

Screenplay