School Ties

School Ties

Just because you’re accepted doesn’t mean you belong.

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Release Date

9/18/1992

Runtime

106 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$14,700,000

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A sharp-edged portrait of social climbing and prejudice in a 1950s boarding school, where the promise of acceptance curdles into exclusion the moment someone's true self is revealed. It's a quietly devastating look at how institutional belonging can be conditional and fragile.

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UnsettlingTenseMelancholicAngry

Themes

IdentityComing of ageBetrayal

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Racial violence

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