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La Difference / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Dick Wolf and Darryl Ponicsan ; produced by Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing ; directed by Robert Mandel.
Set in the 1950s: David Greene, a working-class Jewish quarterback from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is offered a football scholarship to a prestigious New England prep. school. It's David's ticket to an Ivy League education and a way out of his hometown, but there's one condition: the school's elders ask him to be discreet about his religion. At first willing to do so, David struggles with his silence as his popularity grows. David strikes up a friendship with his roommate Chris Reece and a possible romance with Sally Wheeler, a student at a nearby girls' school. But, when David's secret is exposed by a jealous classmate he faces the full force of religious intolerance from the prejudiced White Anglo-Saxon Protestant institution.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (109 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
- Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: �2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:april.21 Multi-User. Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 1992. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music, Maurice Jarre ; editors, Jerry Greenberg, Jacqueline Cambas ; production designer, Jeannine Claudia Oppewall ; cinematographer, Freddie Francis ; associate producer, Michael Tadross ; executive producer, Danton Rissner. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell, Amy Locane. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Streaming video. |
| Target Audience Note: | CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | English language version also available. |
| System Details Note: | Content available as a streaming video. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access may be limited to affiliated libraries. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
| Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed June 3, 2015). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Antisemitism > New England > Drama. Preparatory schools > New England > Drama. |
| Genre: | Streaming video. Feature films. |
