# Soul Man (1986)

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**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Steve Miner
**Written by**: Carol Black
**Starring**: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Melora Hardin, Leslie Nielsen

> *He didn't give up, he got down.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Another case where privilege’s earplugs shatter. A rich kid stages his own identity crisis for Harvard cash. He finds out meritocracy was never part of the deal.

**Mood tags**: outsider, playful

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