
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.
Details
- Director
- Robert Mandel
- Writer
- Darryl Ponicsan
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $18,000,000
Cast
Amy Locane
Andrew Lowery
Anthony Rapp
Ben Affleck
Brendan Fraser
Chris O'Donnell
Cole Hauser
Matt Damon
Peter Donat
Randall Batinkoff
Keywords
1950s
antisemitism
coming of age
judaism
massachusetts
preparatory school
scholarship
sports
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