STAND AND DELIVER

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• Release Year: 1988
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 'Stand and Deliver' does just that. This moving, acclaimed crowd pleaser is the dynamic saga of real-life heroes determined to conquer a foe few people dare confront: the National Advanced Placement Calculus Exam.; ; Edward James Olmos (a 1988 Best Actor Academy Award nominee) gives a performance of fire and grit as Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante cajoles, pushes, threatens and inspires 18 kids who were struggling with fractions to become math whizzes. Lou Diamond Phillips and Andy Garcia co-star in this ''Rocky' of the classroom' (Pat Collins, WWOR-TV). No doubt about it: you'll stand and cheer!
• Cast: Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot, Adelaida Alvarez, Will Gotay, Patrick Baca, Ingrid Oliu, Carmen Argenziano, Richard Martinez, Mark Everett, Tyde Kierney, Bodie Olmos, Karla Montana, Vanessa Marquez, Daniel Villarreal, Michael Goldfinger, Michael Yama, Lydia Nicole, Graham Galloway, Betty Carvalho, Irene Olga López, James Victor, Yvette Cruise, Aixa Clemente, Victor Garron, Michael Adler, Barbara Vera, Rif Hutton, Star Frohman, Jessica Seynos, Dominic Lucero, Sonia Fuentes, David Brian Abalos, Irma Barrios, Henry Torrès, Beatriz Geraldo, Richard Moreno, Phillip Elizalde, Justin Aguila, Frank Aragon, Eugene Robert Glazer, Fernando Thomas, Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca
• Director: Ramón Menéndez
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie