Soul Men

Soul Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMalcolm D. Lee
Written byRobert Ramsey
Matthew Stone
Produced byDavid T. Friendly
Charles Castaldi
Steve Greener
StarringSamuel L. Jackson
Bernie Mac
Sharon Leal
Sean Hayes
Affion Crockett
Adam Herschman
John Legend
Narrated byRandy Jackson
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
Edited byWilliam Henry
Paul Millspaugh
Music byStanley Clarke
Production
companies
Dimension Films[1]
Friendly Films[1]
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company[1]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1]
Release date
  • November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million
Box office$12.3 million[2]

Soul Men is a 2008 American musical comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal and Sean Hayes, released on November 7, 2008. It was one of three Mac's films that were released after his death (and was actually released on the same date as another posthumous film, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa).

Mac and Isaac Hayes died on August 9 and 10, 2008, respectively.[3] Director Lee said the film was heavily re-edited to soften the tone of the film, as a tribute to the two actors.

It is the last Weinstein Company film to be distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Critical reviews were mixed, and Soul Men was not a financial success.

  1. ^ a b c d "AFI|Catalog".
  2. ^ "Soul Men". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  3. ^ "Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac star in new film". NME.com. 2008-08-11. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-11.