Movielogr
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Directed by Ramón Menéndez
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.
Rated PG | Length 103 minutes
Actors
Edward James Olmos | Lou Diamond Phillips | Rosanna DeSoto | Andy Garcia | 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