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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.
Language
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue $35,000,000
English
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue $35,000,000
Keywords
scholarship
secret identity
harvard university
college
los angeles, california
Casts
C. Thomas Howell
Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong
Sarah Walker
Arye Gross
Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones
Professor Banks
Melora Hardin
Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen
Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker
Mrs. Dunbar
James B. Sikking
Bill Watson
Max Wright
Dr. Aronson
Jeff Altman
Ray McGrady
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lisa Stimson
Maree Cheatham
Dorothy Watson
Wallace Langham
Barky Brewer
Eric Schiff
Booey Fraser
Ron Reagan
Frank
Mark Neely
Brad Small
David Reynolds
Ernie
Wolfe Perry
Leon
Jerry Pavlon
Bruce Wizansky
Laurel Green
Zendel
John David Bland
Seth
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
George Walker
Felix Nelson
Mr. Walker
Betty Cole
Mrs. Walker
Bo Mancuso
Bundy Dunbar
Donald Hotton
Mr. Wicher
Linda Hoy
Mrs. Sherwood
Robert Burleigh
Bouchard Man
Jonathan Wise
Andrew
Amy Stoch
Kim
Paul O'Brien
Officer Schkolnick
M.C. Gainey
Jail Cell Bigot
Freddie Dawson
D.J.
Scott L. Treger
Harvard Basketball Player (uncredited)
Crews
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Carol Black
Screenplay
Jeffrey Jur
Director of Photography
Steve Tisch
Producer
David Finfer
Editor
Steve Miner
Director
Sharon Simonaire
Costume Design
Anne Tamrazi
Assistant Property Master
Robert L. Blatman
First Assistant Camera
Michael Becker
Still Photographer
Christopher Brooks
Supervising Music Editor
Devora Fischa
Makeup Artist
Donne Daniels
Key Grip
Joseph A. Liuzzi
Location Manager
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Nina Saxon
Title Designer
Enid Arias
Hairstylist
Paul McIlvaine
Best Boy Electric
Chris Howell
Stunt Coordinator
Mike Padovich
Transportation Coordinator
Clarence Brown
Grip
Dianne Mapp-Cheek
Production Accountant
Elizabeth Flaherty
Art Department Coordinator
Karen Golden
Script Supervisor
Kelly Elder McGowen
Second Assistant Camera
Donna Smith
Production Manager
Karen Bean
Gaffer
John Leveque
Sound Editor
Richard E. Yawn
Foley Editor
David Burton
Stunts
Shawn Sykora
Assistant Sound Editor
Karen G. Wilson
Sound Editor
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Sollars
Boom Operator
Michelle Solotar
Production Coordinator
Steve M. Davison
Stunts
Hal Lary
Transportation Captain
Becky Sullivan
ADR Editor
Marvin Walowitz
Sound Editor
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lois Trent-Bring
Negative Cutter
Pat Romano
Stunts
Don Summer
Sound Mixer
Doug Lefler
Storyboard Artist
Deborah Ross
Title Designer
William H. Burton Sr.
Stunts
Ricky Perez
Electrician
Michael Reinhart
Construction Foreman
Khan Griffith
Dolly Grip
Roger George
Special Effects
Gordon Ecker
Supervising Sound Editor
David A. Whittaker
Sound Editor
Sherman Waze
Sound Editor
John T. Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Neal Marlens
Co-Producer
Melissa Skoff
Casting
David Anderle
Music Supervisor
Carol Black
Co-Producer
Bernie Goldmann
Associate Producer
Donna Smith
Line Producer
Josh King
Second Assistant Director
Stuart B. Hagen
Second Second Assistant Director
Betsy Magruder
First Assistant Director
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.
Art Direction
Stephen Vaughan
Associate Producer
Lisa Dean
Set Dresser
Gene Serdena
Set Dresser
Gregg Fonseca
Production Design
Larry Fulton
Set Designer
Don Diers
Art Direction
Dorree Cooper
Set Decoration
Kirk Corwin
Property Master
Backdrops & Posters
