School Ties
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1992-09-18
Runtime: 106 mins
Director: Robert Mandel
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: School Ties
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Brendan Fraser
Matt Damon
Chris O'Donnell
Randall Batinkoff
Andrew Lowery
Cole Hauser
Ben Affleck
Anthony Rapp
Amy Locane
Peter Donat
Zeljko Ivanek
Kevin Tighe
Michael Higgins
Ed Lauter
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