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Just because you’re accepted doesn’t mean you belong. - School Ties
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Title: School Ties

Release Date: 18 Sep 1992

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 6.495 (395 votes)

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
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