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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.
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- When did Soul Man come out?
- Soul Man was released in 1986.
- What genre is Soul Man?
- Soul Man is a comedy film.
- How long is Soul Man?
- Soul Man runs about 1h 44m (104 minutes).
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- Soul Man stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, and James Earl Jones.
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- Soul Man currently scores 5.3 out of 10 based on aggregated viewer ratings.
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