Stand and Deliver (1988)

Name: Stand and Deliver
Released: 1988
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris

• Movies, Drama

• 103 min

7.6

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

Directed by: Ramón Menéndez
Casting: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot, Adelaida Alvarez, Carmen Argenziano, Bodie Olmos, Vanessa Marquez, Graham Galloway, Daniel Villarreal, Manuel Benitez, Will Gotay, Ingrid Oliu, Karla Montana, Lydia Nicole, Betty Carvalho, Irene Olga López
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1988-03-11
Status: Released

Tags: mathematics, education, based on true story, teacher, drop-out, high school teacher, mexican american

Jaime 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.