Stanley R. Jaffe

A married New York lawyer is seduced by an obsessed woman who turns his life into a living hell

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...

In the tradition of Braveheart and The English Patient comes this lavish screen epic that combines thrilling adventure, soaring romance and rousing battle sequences. Heath Ledger stars as Harry Feversham, a British soldier with a golden future - until he inexplicably resigns from his regiment.

After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, David Greene becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante. But his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal.