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In 1955, a star quarterback from a working-class family is given an opportunity to attend an elite New England preparatory school, but he is conflicted about whether or not to tell his Protestant classmates that he is Jewish.
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00:07From the very first, David Green knew how to fit in.
00:16He does have an arm.
00:18I can't help wondering if we've done the right thing.
00:20Break nearly two centuries of tradition just to beat St. Louis.
00:25Burrows, eat your hearts out.
00:27Never mess with my hair!
00:29We judge ourselves here by the highest standards.
00:34Gentlemen, we all have to live here.
00:36We're not going to bring the jungle into my house.
00:42I envy you.
00:43You don't have to live up to anybody else's expectations.
00:46You are who you are.
00:47But their acceptance of him.
00:49You're so different from the other boys.
00:50You never think about them in two minutes.
00:52But you...
00:53At four minutes, easy.
00:55And their feelings for him.
00:57I think you're so pretty.
00:59I think you're pretty, dude.
01:00Thanks for taking care of my girl.
01:01I'm not your girl.
01:03May not survive...
01:04Who is it?
01:05...the truth about him.
01:06Why wouldn't St. Luke's have taken him?
01:08They wouldn't have enrolled a Jew.
01:10A Jew?
01:11Not even for a championship.
01:13You people are very determined, aren't you?
01:17Sometimes we have to be, sir.
01:19It turns out our golden boy here is a lying, backstabbing Jew.
01:23Why didn't you just tell me in the first place?
01:25You guys were my friends.
01:27I didn't want to be told that I couldn't be a part of it because I was a Jew.
01:31Excuse me, can't you move any faster, please?
01:33You never step outside.
01:33I'll show you how fast.
01:34David, David, come on!
01:35It seems to recall a blessing.
01:37No!
01:37I want to fight!
01:38Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the era.
01:41I wonder how meek they'll be when they do, sir.
01:45You lied to me.
01:46I lied to myself.
01:47May we just go to the head and tell them you can't do this?
01:49We handled this ourselves.
01:51Let's just do it.
01:52You did this!
01:54Deny it!
01:58Cowards!
02:01School ties.
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