Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Brendan Fraser

David Greene

Matt Damon

Charlie Dillon

Chris O'Donnell

Chris Reece

Randall Batinkoff

Rip Van Kelt

Andrew Lowery

McGivern

Cole Hauser

Jack Connors

Ben Affleck

Chesty Smith

Anthony Rapp

McGoo

Amy Locane

Sally Wheeler

Peter Donat

Headmaster Bartram

Željko Ivanek

Mr. Cleary

Kevin Tighe

Coach McDevitt