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Soul Man is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Steve Miner and written by Carol L. Black. C. Thomas Howell stars as a white male law student who pretends to be black in order to qualify for a scholarship.
"Soul Man" is a 1967 song written and composed by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, first successful as a number 2 hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam & Dave, which consisted of Samuel "Sam" Moore and David "Dave" Prater.
Oct 24, 1986 · Soul Man: Directed by Steve Miner. With C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones. To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
PG-13 Released Oct 24, 1986 1h 41m Comedy. List. In order to win a scholarship, Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell), the white son of an affluent psychiatrist, pretends to be black on...
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Oct 20, 2021 · By Drew Weisholtz. It seems preposterous and inconceivable today: a comedy about a wealthy white student so desperate to attend Harvard Law School that he pretends to be...
Reviews. Soul Man. Roger Ebert October 24, 1986. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Although the premise of "Soul Man" has been greeted with widespread derision, it actually has a lot of potential - even if it has been made into a lame-brained movie.
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and now, the party is over for the carefree, pampered, and very white California kid, Mark Watson.
