Movie
School Ties
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-09-18
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as David Greene
- Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon
- Chris O'Donnell as Chris Reece
- Randall Batinkoff as Rip Van Kelt
- Andrew Lowery as McGivern
- Cole Hauser as Jack Connors
- Ben Affleck as Chesty Smith
- Anthony Rapp as McGoo
- Amy Locane as Sally Wheeler
- Peter Donat as Headmaster Bartram
- Željko Ivanek as Mr. Cleary
- Kevin Tighe as Coach McDevitt
Crew
- Robert Mandel - Director
- Darryl Ponicsan - Screenplay
- Dick Wolf - Story
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