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    Poster of the movie Soul Man
    1986     Romantic comedy    
    1h 44min
    CountryUSA

    Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) has been accepted to Harvard Law School, but his dreams are dashed when his parents withdraw financial support. In desperation, Mark chemically darkens his skin and wins a full scholarship intended for black students. What results is a series of comic misadventures including romantic entanglements that explode stereotypes. Suddenly, in a bout with his conscience, he learns that his clever trick denied a far more deserving student a scholarship. On his day of reckoning, Mark makes restitution and leaves everyone in the school a little changed by the experience.

    Directed bySteve Miner
    Written byCarol Black
    CompanyNew World PicturesNew World PicturesNew World Pictures

    Starring

    C. Thomas Howell
    James Earl Jones
    Leslie Nielsen
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    M.C. Gainey
    Rae Dawn Chong
    Arye Gross
    Melora Hardin
    Ann Walker
    James Sikking
    Max Wright
    Jeff Altman
    Maree Cheatham
    Wallace Langham
    Eric Schiff
    Ron Reagan
    Mark Neely
    David Reynolds
    Wolfe Perry
    Jerry Pavlon
    Laurel Green
    John David Bland
    Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
    Felix Nelson
    Betty Cole
    Bo Mancuso
    Donald Hotton
    Linda Hoy
    Robert Burleigh
    Jonathan Wise
    Amy Stoch
    Paul O'Brien
    Freddie Dawson

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