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School Ties (1993, VHS)

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Movie Description
A working-class teenager receives a football scholarship to an elite New England prep school and enjoys acceptance as the team hero--until his classmates discover he is Jewish.

Credits
Cast:	Amy Locane, Andrew Lowery, Ben Affleck, Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon

Details
Sound:	HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound

Notes
Shot in DeLuxe color.

Additional cast members include Cole Hauser (Jack Connors); Michael Higgins (Mr. Gierasch); Peter McRobbie (Chaplain); John Cunningham (Grayson Dillon); Elizabeth Franz (Jane Dillon); Matt Hofherr (Gray Dillon); Jeff Hochendoner (Bear); Rick Rodgers (Nick); John Speredakos (Kocus); Edward Seamon (Weezer); Dan Desmond (Mr. Wheeler); Claudia Everest (Mrs. Wheeler); Leon B. Stevens (Tom Keating); Cody Conklin (Sarah) and Benar Poulten (Petey).

Editorial Reviews
Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly - p.67 - Lisa Schwarzbaum

"...It's a rare movie that prefers a moral victory over a rah-rah one..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Susan Wloszczyna

"...Director Robert Mandel provides his usual graceful pictorialism....Brendan Fraser is one of the few actors of his generation with a heroic presence..."
Los Angeles Times - p.F10 - Peter Rainer

"...Surprisingly effective....[Fraser] is crucial to the movie's success. His performance has to find the way between his character's ambition and pride..."
Chicago Sun-Times - p.43 - Roger Ebert

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School Ties

Review created: 07/21/08

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An interesting and lively study of life in the '50s on a college
campus and how one young guy deals with prejudice. Everyone on campus
likes and admires David Greene(Brendan Fraser) until it's revealed that
he is a Jew, which was unheard of at the time. Film provides a real sense of
the period and features early apperarances by Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon,Ben
Affleck among others.

Review ID: 10000000008042307

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