School Ties
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| Directed by | Robert Mandel |
| Produced by | Stanley R. Jaffe Sherry Lansing |
| Screenplay by | Darryl Ponicsan Dick Wolf |
| Story by | Dick Wolf |
| Starring | Brendan Fraser Matt Damon Chris O'Donnell |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 18, 1992 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $14,715,067 (USA) |
School Ties is a 1992 film directed by Robert Mandel starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell, Cole Hauser, Randall Batinkoff, and Anthony Rapp.
Fraser plays the lead role as David Greene, a Jewish high school student who transfers from a Pennsylvania public school to a New England prep school in his senior year after he is awarded an athletic scholarship.
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[edit] Plot
David Greene is a working-class teenager from Scranton, Pennsylvania during the 1950s who is given a football scholarship to an exclusive Massachusetts prep school for his senior year, quickly becoming the school's starting quarterback.
David becomes the team hero and wins the attentions of beautiful débutante Sally Wheeler (Amy Locane). In the afterglow of a victory over the school's chief rival, the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when jealous classmate Charlie Dillon (Damon) reveals that David is Jewish, which David had been trying to conceal.
David soon finds himself fighting a battle alone after Sally and his teammates turn against him, and it all comes to a head when David is falsely accused of cheating during a history exam. Due to the school's honor code, the history class must sort through prejudices and feelings of jealousy to find out the truth.
[edit] Cast
- Brendan Fraser as David Greene
- Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon
- Chris O'Donnell as Chris Reece
- Randall Batinkoff as Rip van Kelt, head prefect
- Cole Hauser as Jack Connors
- Andrew Lowery as "Mack" McGivern
- Ben Affleck as Chesty Smith
- Anthony Rapp as Richard "McGoo" Collins
- Amy Locane as Sally Wheeler
- Peter Donat as Headmaster Dr. Bartram
- Zeljko Ivanek as Mr. Cleary, French language teacher
- Kevin Tighe as Coach McDevitt, American football coach
- Michael Higgins as Mr. Gierasch, history teacher
- Ed Lauter as Alan Greene, David's father
- Peter McRobbie as Chaplain
[edit] Filming
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The scene at the bus depot in Scranton, Pennsylvania, was filmed at a package store in Leominster, Massachusetts. The scene shot at Skip's Blue Moon Diner was filmed in downtown Gardner, Massachusetts. Most of the movie was filmed on location at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. In addition, Worcester Academy, Lawrence Academy at Groton and St. Mark's School (all area prep schools) were also involved in the filming. Opening scenes are of the south and west sides of Wyandotte Street (Route 378 heading north), the Bethlehem Steel Plant and Zion Lutheran Church from the top of the graveyard looking northwest to 4th Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The scene in the opening credits in front of Dana's Luncheonette and some scenes inside were filmed in Lowell, Massachusetts.[1]
[edit] Pop culture
Family Guy parodies the "Go Home, Jew" scene with the dog Brian Griffin. The word "dog" is used to replace "Jew".
[edit] Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews. The film has a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews.[2] Roger Ebert found it "surprisingly effective",[3] whereas Janet Maslin found it followed a "predictable path".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Picture it: Lowell goes to the Movies. http://library.uml.edu/clh/Movies/Pi5.htm. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ "School Ties". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/school_ties/. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (September 18, 1992). "School Ties". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19920918/REVIEWS/209180302. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 18, 1992). "Religious Bigotry At a 1950's Prep School". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE7DB1E31F93BA2575AC0A964958260&scp=4&sq=%22school%20ties%22&st=cse. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
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