School Ties
Just because you’re accepted doesn’t mean you belong.
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.
- Director
- Robert Mandel
- Worldwide
- $15M
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Cast
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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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Box Office & Release
School Ties returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $15M
- Release date
- Sep 18, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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