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Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for a black-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, James B. Sikking and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The title refers to the Sam and Dave song "Soul Man".
The movie's protagonist is Mark Watson (Howell), the pampered son from a rich family who is about to attend Harvard Law School along with his best friend Gordon (Gross). However, all of a sudden his father's neurotic psychiatrist talks his patient into having more fun for himself instead of spending money on his son. Faced with the horrifying prospect of having to pay for law school by himself, Mark decides to take up a scholarship, but the only suitable one is for African Americans only. So he decides to cheat by using tanning pills in a larger dose than prescribed to appear as an African American. Watson then sets out for Harvard, naïvely believing that blacks have no problems at all in American society.
Actors: Vin Morreale Jr. (actor), T.J. Moreschi (actor), James Wolford Hardin (actor), James Wolford Hardin (producer), Anthony Wentzel (actor), William Cothron (actor), William Cothron (director), William Cothron (editor), Judy Crippin (actress), David DeSpain (actor), Marty Pollio (actor), Camille Cothron (actress), Joe Monroe (actor), Kevin Temple (actor), Lisa Archer (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Artur Ramos (director), Adelaide João (actress), António Montez (actor), Florbela Queirós (actress), Varela Silva (actor), José de Carvalho (actor), António Anjos (actor), Luis Francisco Rebello (producer), Luis Francisco Rebello (writer), Luís Pinhão (actor), Gilberto Gonçalves (actor), Andrade e Silva (actor), Maria Paula (actress), Luís Machado (actor),
Genres: Comedy,(written by Isaac Hayes - David Porter)
Coming to you, on a dusty road
Good loving, I got a truck load
And when you get it, you got something
So don't worry, 'cause I'm coming
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
Got what I got, the hard way
and I'll make better, each and every day
So honey, hey, don't you fret
'cause you ain't seen nothing yet
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
I was brought up, on a side street
Learned how to love, before I could eat
Hey, I was educated, from good, good stock
When I start loving I just can't stop
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man
Grab the rope, and I'll pull you in
Give you hope, and be your only boyfriend
Ya, ya ya ya!