'School Ties' takes the viewer on a trip back to the 50s to an elite Ivy League Prep School where the students are getting academically ready for the next level of learning (i.e., Harvard or Princeton). The movie focuses on David Green a Jewish student who is given a football scholarship (quaterback) to St Matthews Prep School in Massachusetts. When he first arrives he's immediately liked by all the guys and catches the eye of a pretty girl named Sally (aka Amy Locane). He becomes a hero of students and parents alike when he helps win a football game vs the school's rival. Mid way through the movie everything changes when one of his classmates (played by Matt Damon) learns that David is Jewish. This is the 50s and Jewish and protestants don't mix. Protestants consider Jews dirty and are not shy about saying it. The movie shifts to a lower gear when David observes Damon's character cheating during a history test.
In the end David's Jewish faith is accepted and he'll complete his senior year knowing admission to an Ivy league school awaits him.
In the end David's Jewish faith is accepted and he'll complete his senior year knowing admission to an Ivy league school awaits him.