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School Ties
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School Ties is a 1992 American teen drama film directed by Robert Mandel. The screenplay was written by Darryl Ponicsan and Dick Wolf. The cast includes Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, and Randall Batinkoff. Maurice Jarre composed the music, while Freddie Francis served as director of photography. Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing produced the film.
Paramount Pictures produced and distributed the movie. It was released on September 18, 1992, and later made available on video on demand through Netflix. The narrative is set in Pennsylvania. The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and is rated PG-13. It received three nomination awards.
Critical reception included a 60% rating, a score of 5.8 out of 10, and a Metascore of 65 out of 100. The IMDb rating stands at 6.9 based on 28,621 votes. The production budget was $18,000,000, and the revenue totaled $14,700,000. Keywords associated with the work include scholarship, sports, Massachusetts, coming of age, and Judaism.
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Film · TMDB
6.5When 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.
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
Themes
- scholarship
- sports
- massachusetts
- coming of age
- judaism
- antisemitism
- preparatory school
- 1950s
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
28,621 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Mandel
- Screenplay by
- Dick Wolf Darryl Ponicsan
- Story by
- Dick Wolf
- Produced by
- Stanley R. Jaffe Sherry Lansing Michael Tadross
- Starring
- Brendan Fraser
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis
- Edited by
- Jerry Greenberg Jacqueline Cambas
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Jaffe/Lansing Production
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- September 18, 1992 ( 1992-09-18 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $14.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Robert Mandel
- Screenwriter
- Dick Wolf
- Cast member
- Peter McRobbie
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Sherry Lansing
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Francis
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 702249
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-03-11
- title
- School Ties
- production designer
- Jeannine Oppewall
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Ann Roth
- review score
- 65/100
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Encyclopedic overview
School Ties is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Mandel and starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, and Anthony Rapp. Fraser plays the lead role as David Greene, a Jewish high school student who is awarded an athletic scholarship to an elite preparatory school in his senior year.
Plot
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