School Ties

Sep 18, 1992

1h 46m

★ 6.5

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

School Ties Trailers

Cast

David Greene

Brendan Fraser

Charlie Dillon

Matt Damon

Chris Reece

Chris O'Donnell

Rip Van Kelt

Randall Batinkoff

McGivern

Andrew Lowery

Jack Connors

Cole Hauser

Chesty Smith

Ben Affleck

McGoo

Anthony Rapp

Sally Wheeler

Amy Locane

Headmaster Bartram

Peter Donat

Mr. Cleary

Zeljko Ivanek

Coach McDevitt

Kevin Tighe

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