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1988

Stand and Deliver

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

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.

Duration

1h 43m

Released

March 11, 1988

Revenue

$13,994,920

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7.6

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Cast22

  • Edward James Olmos
  • Lou Diamond Phillips
  • Rosanna DeSoto
  • Andy García
  • Estelle Harris
  • Mark Phelan
  • Virginia Paris
  • Eliot
  • Adelaida Alvarez

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