Soul Man 38 years old

A comedy with heart and soul

Soul Man

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.

Credits

Soul Man Cast

Name Character
Rae Dawn Chong She was 25, now 63 years old as Sarah Walker
James Earl Jones He was 55, now 93 years old as Professor Banks
Melora Hardin She was 19, now 57 years old as Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen He was 60, 84 years old when he died as Mr. Dunbar
Arye Gross He was 26, now 64 years old as Gordon Bloomfeld
David Reynolds He was 13, now 24 years old as Ernie (as Dave Reynolds)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus She was 25, now 63 years old as Lisa Stimson
C. Thomas Howell He was 19, now 57 years old as Mark Watson

Soul Man Crew

Name Department
Jeffrey Jur as Director of Photography. He was 31 (now 69) years old Camera
David Finfer as Editor. He was 44 (now 82) years old Editing
Carol Black as Screenplay. She was 46 (now 84) years old Writing
Soul Man poster
Soul Man (38 years)

A comedy with heart and soul

  • Release day: Friday, October 24, 1986
  • Runtime: 104 minutes
  • Budget: 4500000.00
  • Revenue: 35000000.00