A working-class Jewish student enrols at an elite high school where he has to lie about his faith to escape bullying from anti-Semitic bigots. The situation comes to a head when a jealous classmate discovers his secret and broadcasts it to the other students. Drama, starring Chris O'Donnell, Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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.