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School Ties

1992 · 106 min

A sober, well-acted period drama that simmers with quiet injustice and builds to a satisfying moral confrontation.

Directed by: Robert Mandel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell

Tagline: 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.

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Directed by: Robert Mandel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
race
class
betrayal
justice
Places: school
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Written by: Darryl Ponicsan, Dick Wolf
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, Anthony Rapp
Music: Maurice Jarre
Cinematography: Freddie Francis
Runtime: 106 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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