Stand and Deliver

Name: Stand and Deliver
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

1988·Ramón Menéndez

Drama

103 minPGFilm · 1988

StarringEdward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

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

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The story

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.

Director: Ramón Menéndez
Writer: Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca