School Ties (Drama) (1992) © 2002 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters David Greene.....................Brendan Frasier A young, handsome and very athletic high school student, who also happens to be Jewish. Thanks to his football skills, he is given the chance to leave his working-class Scranton, Pennsylvania home in order to go to St. Matthew’s ("St. Matt’s"), one of the best preparatory private high schools in the country, in the state of Massachusetts. Charlie Dillon...................Matt Damon A student at St Matthew’s who comes from a very wealthy family that has had generations of sons go to the school. He is a spoiled, insecure and racist young man. Sally Wheeler....................Amy Locane A sweet but naïve high school student who many people think is Charlie’s girlfriend, but who actually is not. Chris Reece.....................Chris O’Donnel David’s roommate, who is struggling with his own attitude towards Jews and racism. Rip Van Kelt....................Randall Batinkoff Dillon’s roommate, who is another privileged young man from a wealthy family, but who is also a good person at heart. McGivern........................Andrew Lowery The class clown or joker of the group. Richard ‘McGoo’ Collins.........Anthony Rapp One of the more socially awkward of the group, who is also one of the most prejudiced. Headmaster Bartrum...............Peter Donat The head of St. Matt’s preparatory school, who had approved of making David a student at his school in order to improve their chances of having a winning football team. Cleary...........................Zeljko Ivanek A disagreeable and snobby French teacher who most of the students dislike. Coach McDevitt...................Kevin Tighe The coach of the St. Matt’s football team that decides to bring David to his school in order to make him their team’s star player. Professor Gierasche..............Michael Higgins A very old-fashioned and strict history teacher. Plot Summary This film is about prejudice and social class in mid 1950s America, at a time when it was still common for even educated people to be shamelessly prejudice (Racism may always be around, but by the 1970s, it was probably no longer acceptable for any educated American to admit that they were a racist). Specifically, it is the story of David Green, a handsome, athletic Jewish kid from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who is given the chance to go to the prestigious St. Matthews Academy in Massachusetts (see Prep School note below). This is the opportunity of a life-time for David, because those students who attend St. Matt’s are often able to go on to Harvard, or one of the other great American universities. And as a kid from a working class neighborhood, this opportunity would normally not have occurred for David. Som责任编辑:yechenglu
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