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Stand and Deliver
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7.7Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Released: 1988-03-11103 minDir: Ramón MenéndezDramaBox office: $14.0M
Cast
- Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman
- Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante
- Andy Garcia as Dr. Ramirez
- Estelle Harris as Secretary
- Mark Phelan as Cop
Themes
- mathematics
- education
- based on true story
- teacher
- drop-out
- high school teacher
- mexican american
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Rif Hutton
- Composer
- Craig Safan
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 174033
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- Stand and Deliver
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- inspired by
- Jaime Escalante
- review score
- 7.1/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- publication date
- 1988-07-07
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