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Revenue: $35,000,000
Budget: $4,500,000
Profit: + $30,500,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: He didn't give up, he got down.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 5
Release Date: Oct 24, 1986
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 44m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: The Steve Tisch Company
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Producer |
Steve Tisch
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Casting |
Melissa Skoff
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Associate Producer |
Bernie Goldmann
Stephen Vaughan
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Co-Producer |
Carol Black
Neal Marlens
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Production Manager |
Donna Smith
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Line Producer |
Donna Smith
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Location Manager |
Joseph A. Liuzzi
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Production Coordinator |
Michelle Solotar
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Production Accountant |
Dianne Mapp-Cheek
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Jeffrey Jur
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First Assistant Camera |
Robert L. Blatman
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Dolly Grip |
Khan Griffith
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Key Grip |
Donne Daniels
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Second Assistant Camera |
Kelly Elder McGowen
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Still Photographer |
Michael Becker
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Grip |
Clarence Brown
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Art | Production Design |
Gregg Fonseca
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Set Dresser |
Gene Serdena
Lisa Dean
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Set Designer |
Larry Fulton
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Set Decoration |
Dorree Cooper
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Storyboard Artist |
Doug Lefler
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Art Direction |
Don Diers
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
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Construction Coordinator |
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
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Construction Foreman |
Michael Reinhart
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Art Department Coordinator |
Elizabeth Flaherty
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Property Master |
Kirk Corwin
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Title Designer |
Nina Saxon
Deborah Ross
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Assistant Property Master |
Anne Tamrazi
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Directing | Second Second Assistant Director |
Stuart B. Hagen
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Director |
Steve Miner
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Script Supervisor |
Karen Golden
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Second Assistant Director |
Josh King
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First Assistant Director |
Betsy Magruder
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Editing | Editor |
David Finfer
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Negative Cutter |
Lois Trent-Bring
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Tom Scott
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Sound Editor |
Marvin Walowitz
David A. Whittaker
John Leveque
Karen G. Wilson
Sherman Waze
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Music Supervisor |
David Anderle
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
David E. Campbell
Gregg Rudloff
John T. Reitz
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Supervising Sound Editor |
Gordon Ecker
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ADR Editor |
Becky Sullivan
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Foley Editor |
Richard E. Yawn
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Supervising Music Editor |
Christopher Brooks
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Assistant Sound Editor |
Shawn Sykora
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Boom Operator |
Steve Sollars
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Sound Mixer |
Don Summer
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Writing | Screenplay |
Carol Black
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Crew | Transportation Coordinator |
Mike Padovich
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Special Effects |
Roger George
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Stunts |
William H. Burton Sr.
Steve M. Davison
Pat Romano
David Burton
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Stunt Coordinator |
Chris Howell
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Transportation Captain |
Hal Lary
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Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Sharon Simonaire
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Hairstylist |
Enid Arias
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Makeup Artist |
Devora Fischa
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Lighting | Best Boy Electric |
Paul McIlvaine
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Electrician |
Ricky Perez
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Gaffer |
Karen Bean
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