School Ties

1992 film directed by Robert Mandel

School Ties is a 1992 American high school sports drama movie directed by Robert Mandel and starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, and Anthony Rapp. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

School Ties
Directed byRobert Mandel
Screenplay by
Story byDick Wolf
Produced by
  • Stanley R. Jaffe
  • Sherry Lansing
  • Michael Tadross
StarringBrendan Fraser
CinematographyFreddie Francis
Edited by
Music byMaurice Jarre
Production
company
Jaffe/Lansing Production
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$14.7 million

Plot change

David Greene (Brendan Fraser), is a working class Jewish high school student from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who is awarded an athletic scholarship to an elite preparatory school in Massachusetts during his senior year in 1955. His fellow students come from rich families, and he learns that most of them are antisemites, which forces him to hide his Jewish background.

Cast change

  • Brendan Fraser as David Greene
  • Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon
  • Chris O'Donnell as Chris Reece
  • Randall Batinkoff as Rip Van Kelt, head prefect
  • Andrew Lowery as "Mack" McGivern
  • Cole Hauser as Jack Connors
  • Ben Affleck as Chesty Smith
  • Anthony Rapp as Richard "McGoo" Collins
  • Amy Locane as Sally Wheeler
  • Peter Donat as Headmaster Dr. Bartram
  • Željko Ivanek as Mr. Cleary, French language teacher
  • Kevin Tighe as Coach McDevitt, football coach
  • Michael Higgins as Mr. Gierasch, history teacher
  • Ed Lauter as Alan Greene, David's father
  • Peter McRobbie as Chaplain

Reception change

The movie received generally mixed reviews from movie critics and the audience. The movie has a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews.[1]

The movie did badly at the box office, because it made $14.7 million at the box office, while its budget was estimated at $18 million.

References change

  1. "School Ties". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

Other websites change