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Stand And Deliver

1988, Movie, PG, 105 mins

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Another one of those teachers who uses entertainment to save young souls, this time in East Los Angeles. Based on a true story, the movie stars Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East LA's Garfield High. Escalante's class is filled with kids who have no desire to learn--they come late to class, can't do multiplication, talk and eat in class, and live in fear of gang violence. Escalante, however, is no ordinary high school teacher--he's a Movie Teacher (... read more leave a comment
An early session in math class at Garfield High in which teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) introduces algebra, with particular attention on Angel (Lou Diamond Phillips) in Stand and Deliver, 1988.
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Opening credits for director Ramon Menendez's Stand and Deliver, 1988, show teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) driving through East Los Angeles to Garfield High where the true story happened.
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A hopeful teacher (Edward James Olmos) uses math to give his gang-member students self esteem in Stand And Deliver (1988).
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Posted: 3/7/2009
Synopsis: True story of an East L.A. calculus teacher who took Latino students no one had any faith in and coached them to unprecedented academic success.
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Posted: 8/28/2009
Year: 1988
Rated PG

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Cast
Edward James Olmos: Jaime Escalante
Lou Diamond Phillips: Angel
Rosana DeSoto: Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia: Ramirez
Ingrid Oliu: Lupe
Karla Montana: Claudia

 

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