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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser
Crew: Robert Mandel (Director), Michael Runyard (Stunts), Dick Wolf (Story), Darryl Ponicsan (Screenplay), Stanley R. Jaffe (Producer), Sherry Lansing (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 106 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 18, 1992
IMDb: 4.492
Keywords:scholarship, sports, massachusetts, coming of age, judaism, anti-semitism, preparatory school, 1950s