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Stand and Deliver(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-03-11
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396 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $13,994,920.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Olmos Productions
Movie: Stand and Deliver
Top 10 Billed Cast
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Andy García
Dr. Ramirez
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Mark Phelan
Cop
Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
Carmen Argenziano
Molina
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