An assemblage of young Hollywood actors poised for stardom marked this tale of anti-Semitism at a 1950s prep school. Brendan Fraser stars as David Greene, a working-class Jewish quarterback from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who is offered a senior year scholarship to a prestigious New England academy. Its Davids ticket to an Ivy League education and a way out of his Rust Belt hometown, but theres one condition: the schools elders ask him to be discreet about his religion. At first willing to do so, David struggles with his silence about his faith as his popularity grows. David strikes up a friendship with his roommate Chris Reece (Chris ODonnell) and a possible romance with Sally Wheeler (Amy Locane), a student at a nearby girls school. When jealous classmate Charlie Dillon (Matt Damon) learns Davids secret at an alumni party, he exposes the schools new gridiron hero, and David faces the full force of religious intolerance from the prejudiced WASP institution. Also featuring early performances from Ben Affleck, Anthony Rapp, and Cole Hauser, School Ties was loosely based on the real-life experiences of producer Dick Wolf, creator of TVs popular series Law & Order. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide