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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Dick Wolf (story)
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Release Date:
18 September 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Just Because You're Accepted Doesn't Mean You Belong.
Plot:
A Jewish boy goes to an elite prep school in the 1950's and hides his religion until a jealous bigot forces it out in the open. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
A story that needs to be told more (65 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brendan Fraser ... David Greene

Matt Damon ... Charlie Dillon

Chris O'Donnell ... Chris Reece
Randall Batinkoff ... Rip Van Kelt
Andrew Lowery ... 'Mack' McGivern

Cole Hauser ... Jack Connors

Ben Affleck ... Chesty Smith

Anthony Rapp ... Richard 'McGoo' Collins

Amy Locane ... Sally Wheeler
Peter Donat ... Headmaster Dr. Bartram
Zeljko Ivanek ... Mr. Cleary
Kevin Tighe ... Coach McDevitt
Michael Higgins ... Mr. Gierasch
Ed Lauter ... Alan Greene
Peter McRobbie ... Chaplain
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language.
Runtime:
106 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Brendan Fraser's brother, Sean Fraser appears in a scene on a street corner. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the coal mine scene (when David picks up his father) while they're waiting for the train to go by, you can see that several cars are marked for railroads (Penn Central, Conrail) that didn't exist in the late 1950s. more
Quotes:
David Green: You never told me what religion you are.
Chris Reese: I'm a Methodist.
David Green: A Methodist. And all this time I didn't know it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
To Each His Own more

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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A story that needs to be told, 4 November 2002
Author: menaka

I liked this movie the first time I watched it,which is probably why I have watched it twice since then.Seeing future stars in a small time movie was a bonus but it was the story that appealed to me.Anti-Semitism was once the "in-thing",just as lynching African Americans was once accepted and condoned.It's a sad and shameful part of our history,a part that we'd like to forget but we most definitely shouldn't...because if we do we just might repeat ourselves,and nobody wants to do that...do they?

I think "School Ties" gets the point across.Sure the script has its flaws,but which script doesn't?The story is an important one.Each time we watch it we"ll remember and that's a good thing,'cause we just might forget and that would be dangerous.

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