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School Ties (1992)

School Ties (1992)

Drama

Just because you’re accepted doesn’t mean you belong.

Release Date: 1992, September 18
Directors: Robert Mandel
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Kevin Tighe, Peter Donat, Brendan Fraser, Michael Higgins, John Cunningham, Cole Hauser, Željko Ivanek, Anthony Rapp, Peter McRobbie, John Speredakos

Overview:

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

Keywords:

sports coming of age 1950s judaism antisemitism preparatory school massachusetts scholarship