Stand and Deliver

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Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver movie poster
Directed by Ramon Menendez
Produced by Chad Musca
Written by Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca
Starring Edward James Olmos
Lou Diamond Phillips
Rosanna DeSoto
Andy Garcia
Music by Craig Safan
Cinematography Tom Richmond
Editing by Nancy Richardson
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) March 11, 1988
Running time 102 min.
Language English
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Stand and Deliver is a 1988 film dramatizing the work of Jaime Escalante, a dedicated high school mathematics teacher.

Tagline: A true story about a modern miracle.

In the film, he helped 18 Hispanic students (of mixed backgrounds) at Garfield Senior High School (located in the East Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County, California) to learn calculus well enough to pass the Advanced Placement Calculus Exam, even though originally many of them struggled with such elementary principles as multiplication and fractions.

Edward James Olmos starred as Escalante, a role for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Lou Diamond Phillips, Vanessa Marquez, Karla Montana, Rosanna DeSoto, and Carmen Argenziano co-starred.

The movie ranked #86 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers.

Edward James Olmos went through a hair thinning process and gained an estimated 40 pounds for the role of Jaime Escalante.

  • Mr. Escalante: The math teacher who prepares his students for the AP Calculus test.
  • Angel: A troublesome Latino who must help his grandmother because he does not live with his parents. He struggles with math and juggles studying and hanging out with his friends.
  • Pancho: A stronger character who experiences much difficulty with math because of his limited study skills

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