School Ties is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Mandel and starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, and Anthony Rapp.

In September of 1955, 17-year-old David Greene, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, receives a scholarship for his senior year to St. Matthew's Academy, an exclusive Massachusetts prep school, because of his excellent grades and exceptional ability to play football – despite his working-class background.

However, before arriving at school, David gets into an alleyway fight with a nearby motorcycle gang that insults him for being Jewish, which leaves him with a bruised forehead.

Upon arrival, he meets his roommate, Chris Reese, and his other teammates, Rip Van Kelt, Charlie Dillon, Jack Connors, and team manager, Mack McGivern, the most well-known and popular students from well-to-do WASP families.

David becomes aware of widespread negative and stereotypical views about Jews at the school, including his new friends and teammates, and he chooses not to reveal his ethnicity.

David quickly becomes the football team's hero and attracts beautiful débutante Sally Wheeler, whom Dillon claims as his "girl".

David's classmates, led by Richard "McGoo" Collins and his bodyguard-like roommate Chesty Smith, constantly harass him, with only Reese and another unnamed student remaining loyal.

Despite this, the class votes to convict David, prompting Van Kelt to tell him to report to the headmaster, Dr. Bartram, to confess to the cheating.

[2] Despite this, the film provided some of the first major cinema lead roles for many of its cast, including Fraser, Affleck, Hauser and Damon.