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School Ties

1992 · 106 min

Drama

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.

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Appeals to viewers who value earnest coming-of-age stories about social pressure, institutional prejudice, and the cost of standing by one’s identity.

Tone
tense, bleak, melancholic
Payoff
catharsis, reflection
Pacing
steady
Intensity
intense
Structure
linear
Themes
prejudice, identity, belonging, moral courage, class
Setting
mid-twentieth-century, elite northeastern preparatory school

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