Soul Men (2008)

Director:

Malcolm D. Lee

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ramsey (written by) &
Matthew Stone (written by)

Release Date:

7 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Out of sync. Never out of style.

Plot:

Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Reunion | Reunion Concert | Rapper | Box Office Flop

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson	...	Louis Hinds
Bernie Mac	...	Floyd Henderson
Sharon Leal	...	Cleo
Adam Herschman	...	Phillip
Sean Hayes	...	Danny Epstein
Affion Crockett	...	Lester
Fatso-Fasano	...	Pay-Pay
Jackie Long	...	Zig-Zag
Mike Epps	...	Duane Henderson
John Legend	...	Marcus Hooks
Isaac Hayes	...	Himself
Vanessa del Rio	...	Full-Figured Neighbor
P.J. Byrne	...	Floyd's Doctor
Ken Davitian	...	Ardesh Kezian
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Rosalee
Sara Erikson	...	Chastity
Soledad O'Brien	...	Herself
Randy Jackson	...	Narrator
Jackie Johnson	...	Weather Woman
Shane Sampson	...	Henderson Twin #1
Dylan Sampson	...	Henderson Twin #2
Bart Hansard	...	Flagstaff Lounge Manager
Michael Brouillet	...	Keyboard Player (Flagstaff)
Sean Goulding	...	Trombone Player (Flagstaff)
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Emmett the Drunk
Clay Yocum	...	Audience Member (Flagstaff)
Juan Gabriel Pareja	...	Tow Truck Driver
Lara Grice	...	Peabody Desk Clerk
Paul T. Taylor	...	Peabody Hotel Manager
Monyetta Shaw	...	Odetta
Jody Thompson	...	Deputy
Maurice DuBois	...	Newscaster
Miko DeFoor	...	Apollo Stage Manager
Michael Showers	...	Detective in Charge
Millie Jackson	...	Claudette
Willie Hall	...	Himself
Ben Cauley	...	Himself
Charles 'Skip' Pitts	...	Himself (as Skip Pitts)
Scott Bomar	...	Bassist
Archie 'Hubie' Turner	...	Keyboard
Art Edmaiston	...	Baritone Saxophone
Marc Franklin	...	Trombone
Robin Moffett	...	Female Singer
Ketrick Robinson	...	Male Singer
Michael Franklin	...	Trumpet Player
Jovan 'Jr.' Taylor	...	Baritone Sax Player
Nathan Adams	...	Tenor Sax Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ted Ferguson	...	Dancing Cowboy
Steven Whiteman	...	Officer White
Michael C. 'Mike' Allen	...	NYC Police Officer (uncredited)
NyaSimone Caldwell	...	Henderson daughter (uncredited)
Gary D. Earl	...	Officer Harris (uncredited)
Ron Fagan	...	Hotel Couple - Man (uncredited)
Michael Franklin	...	Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Beth Hebert	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
Cindy McBride	...	Office Worker (uncredited)
Lee Ann McDade	...	Apollo Audience Member / House of Blues Audience Member (uncredited)
Donald Meyers	...	Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Calvin Sykes	...	Younger Floyd Henderson (uncredited)
Kenon Walker	...	Beale St. Patron (uncredited)
Thomas Wallace	...	News Photographer (uncredited)

Directed by
Malcolm D. Lee

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Ramsey		(written by) &
Matthew Stone		(written by)

Produced by
Charles Castaldi	....	producer
David T. Friendly	....	producer
Steve Greener	....	producer
W. Mark McNair	....	executive producer (as Mark McNair)
Donald Sparks	....	associate producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Stanley Clarke

Cinematography by
Matthew F. Leonetti

Film Editing by
William Henry		(as Bill Henry)
Paul Millspaugh

Casting by
Aisha Coley
Lisa Mae Fincannon
Chris Gray

Production Design by
Richard Hoover

Art Direction by
Meghan C. Rogers

Set Decoration by
Brenda Meyers-Ballard

Costume Design by
Danielle Hollowell

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist: Samuel L. Jackson
Krystal Kershaw	....	assistant makeup artist
Susan Laprelle	....	hair technician
Linda Lazar	....	additional makeup artist
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	key hair stylist
LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin	....	key makeup artist
Yolanda Sheridan	....	makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair department head
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker: Samuel Jackson, Bernie Mac
Dionne Wynn	....	key makeup artist
Adam Brandy	....	special makeup effects laboratory technician: lace hair piece prep (uncredited)

Production Management
Jeff Maynard	....	executive in charge of post-production
Jen Wall	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brad Arnold	....	second second assistant director
Karen Davis	....	second assistant director
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Keith Abel	....	on-set dresser
Aaron Boutte	....	art production assistant
Marcia Bruscato-Poss	....	construction buyer
Nick S. Cross	....	art department production assistant
Ken Deubel III	....	lead scenic
Frank Gray III	....	set dresser: Memphis
Frank Hendrick	....	set dresser
Nicole LeBlanc	....	art department coordinator
Joe McCusker	....	construction coordinator
Bryce Moore	....	assistant property master
Roy 'Bucky' Moore	....	property master
Jessica Navran	....	set designer
Noel Rideout	....	set dresser
Corie Savary	....	art department production assistant
Nicholas Scott	....	assistant art director
Greg Washington	....	construction medic
John N. Wood	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Michael Barry	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Derek Casari	....	stage engineer
Bob Chefalas	....	additional re-recording mixer
Rick Chefalas	....	assistant sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Greg Crawford	....	adr mixer: Atlanta
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer
Scott Edelson	....	boom operator
Ryan Farris	....	sound utility: daily
Eric Hirsch	....	sound re-recordist
Mike Howells	....	adr recordist
Kenton Jakub	....	adr editor
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Paloma Mele	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Lidia Tamplenizza	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Urmson	....	supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Chris Welcker	....	utility sound dayplayer
Aaron Zeller	....	production ProTools operator
Aaron Zeller	....	sound utility
Lawrence Zipf	....	apprentice sound editor

Special Effects by
Matt Corrigan	....	dead body technician
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Matt Mehring	....	special effects technician
Gary Pilkinton	....	special effects foreman
James Scaramuzzo	....	special effects assistant
Robert Vazquez	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Cara Buckley	....	visual effects producer: RhinoFX
Matt Connolly	....	animator
Camille Geier	....	visual effects executive producer: RhinoFX
Mickey Gorenstein	....	Flame compositor: RhinoFX
Lucien Harriot	....	visual effects producer: Mechanism Digital
Lucien Harriot	....	visual effects supervisor: Mechanism Digital, Inc.
Karin Levinson	....	production executive: RhinoFX
Yuval Levy	....	CG supervisor: RhinoFX
Ashley Lomax	....	modeler: RhinoFX
Bogdan Mihajlovic	....	matchmove technical director: RhinoFX
David W. Reynolds	....	Flame compositor: RhinoFX
David W. Reynolds	....	digital compositor
Jim Rider	....	visual effects supervisor
Traceigh Scottel	....	production supervisor: visual effects unit
Michael Viscione	....	lighter: RhinoFX
Richard Weissman	....	Flame compositor

Stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunt performer
Kiante Elam	....	stunt double
Justin Rodgers Hall	....	stunt double
Malosi Leonard	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Ash	....	electrician
Don Bixby	....	gaffer
Robert Branam	....	video assist technician
Oswald Colunga	....	grip
Justin Cooley	....	film loader
James 'Spud' Danicic	....	ultimate arm technician
Robert Duke	....	grip
Ferdinand Duplantier Jr.	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Fisher	....	first assistant camera
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	rigging best boy
Jeff Hinz	....	key rigging grip
Doug Hyun	....	still photographer
Bill Jackson	....	lighting technician
Daniel H. Jacobs	....	electrician
Jerry D. Knight	....	electrician
Krystle Lamoreaux	....	grip
Krystle Lamoreaux	....	rigging grip
Marc Marino	....	best boy electric
Tim Marshall	....	gaffer
Markus Mentzer	....	second assistant camera
Brandon Ponticelle	....	second assistant camera
Mark Santoni	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Todd Thompson	....	dolly grip
Stephen J. Ullman	....	b camera / steadicam operator
Charles B. Walker	....	rigging grip
Roger Wall	....	assistant camera
Alex Willson	....	rigging electrician

Casting Department
Anne Davison	....	casting associate: New York
Salina Duplessis	....	casting intern
Gary D. Earl	....	extras casting assistant
Taleia Gilliam	....	casting intern
Juan Carlos Ortiz-Duran	....	extras casting scout
LaTanya Potts	....	casting associate
Selisa Sirls	....	extras casting
Jackie Sollitto	....	casting assistant
Steven Whiteman	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Myeshea Baker	....	set costumer
Leigh Bell	....	set costumer
Doré Cermak	....	costume production assistant
Jim Alan Cook	....	costumer
Askia Won-Ling Jacob	....	costumer: Mr. Jackson
La Shan Knox	....	set costumer
Whitney Kyles	....	assistant costume designer
Richard Schoen	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Jill-Morgan Aubert	....	apprentice editor
Ernest Leif Boyd	....	first assistant editor
Jimmy Fusil	....	digital intermediate producer
David Sooc	....	apprentice editor
Benjamin Sutor	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Scott Bomar	....	music producer: song
Winston A. Hall	....	piano consultant
Lawrence Manchester	....	score mixer
Lawrence Manchester	....	score recordist
Matt Mariano	....	composer: additional music
Matt Mariano	....	musician: Synths
Eric Paul	....	assistant music editor
Jason Stasium	....	score mixer
Alex Steyermark	....	executive music producer
Robin Urdang	....	music consultant
E. Gedney Webb	....	supervising music editor

Transportation Department
Mark Bascle	....	security driver: Samuel L. Jackson
Nalla Black	....	driver: Tennessee
Richard Burch	....	driver: insert car
J.J. Echavarria	....	picture car coordinator assistant
Johnny Echavarria	....	picture car coordinator
Monte Emery	....	camera truck driver: Tennessee
Greg Faucett	....	transportation coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Aaron D. Moore	....	driver: hair/makeup
Beverly Reeves	....	driver
Steven Willhoite	....	driver: production van
Monica Williamson	....	driver
James Yeates	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Stephanie Beman	....	assistant craft service
Alex Borys	....	location manager
Karen Brady	....	key assistant location manager
David Addison Brown	....	accounting clerk
Richard E. Carter II	....	set production assistant
Robert Cline	....	on-set medic
Brooke Coleman	....	production secretary
Amanda Curry	....	first assistant accountant
Christina DeCharles	....	assistant location manager
Jerry D. Funderburk	....	extras coordinator
Karen Gehres	....	epk producer
Jeffrey Gladu	....	payroll accountant
Chris Goyne	....	set production assistant
Will Greenfield	....	assistant production coordinator
Matthew K. Grigsby	....	production accountant
Amy Holliday	....	script supervisor
Paul Huber	....	set production assistant
Kendrick Hudson	....	location scout
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement executive
Margeaux C. Johnson	....	production secretary
Phyllis Johnson	....	adr loop group
Matthew Keim	....	location assistant
Jessica Lee	....	clearance coordinator
Eric Majette Jr.	....	production assistant
Adryan Maney	....	accounting clerk
Phillip Messinger	....	location scout
Christie Moreau	....	adr loop group
Kevin Muller	....	assistant production coordinator: LA unit
Ian D. Navran	....	production assistant
Talibah Lateefah Newman	....	assistant: director
Bill Parris	....	production assistant
JD Piché	....	production assistant
Jessica Powers	....	office production assistant
Ashley Renee Saunders	....	travel coordinator
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Dee Schuka	....	post production accountant
Jamal Sims	....	choreographer
Christopher Tanks	....	assistant: Mark McNair
Amanda Toye	....	assistant to producer
Robert Vega	....	title designer
Tucker Wells	....	key set production assistant (as Justin Tucker Wells)
Jen Willis	....	production assistant
Tracey Zemitis	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• Dimension Films
• Friendly Films (II)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Creature Effects
• East Coast Films
• RhinoFX

Other Companies

• Nina Saxon Film Design  titles
• C5  foley recording facility
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• LA House of Props  product placement: manufacturer
• Louisiana Media Productions  production services
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• PostWorks, The Lab  processing
• Postworks New York  HD dailies
• Scarlet Letters  end title sequence
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Soundtrack  sound re-recording facility
• Stax Records  soundtrack
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, and sexual content including nudity.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Finland:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Both this film and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) are dedicated to Bernie Mac.

Goofs:

Continuity: When they first put on their old suits to perform, Floyd's jacket rips up the back. When they appear on stage there is no rip in the jacket.

Movie Connections:

References Tang shan da xiong (1971)

Soundtrack:

Memphis Train

Excellent Movie

I just returned from seeing "Soul Men". I laughed so hard. Samuel L Jackson is such a versatile actor. I love him in so many movies. Sam and Bernie played well off each other. And please stay for the credits because there is some scenes of Bernie being interviewed and doing his comedy act. He uses the f word in his act.

It was very funny seeing Sam in corn rows and with the gray in them. That alone is worth seeing.

It was very nice that they dedicated the movie to Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes who died one day apart from each other. They will both be missed.

Samuel keep on making these wonderful movies.