Stand and Deliver

1988
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1h 43m

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7.3/10

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Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Patrick Baca, Lydia Nicole, Will Gotay, Vanessa Marquez, Karla Montana, Ingrid Oliu, and Eliot in Stand and Deliver (1988)

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The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 7 nominations total

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Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver (1988)

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Edward James Olmos, Patrick Baca, Lydia Nicole, and Eliot in Stand and Deliver (1988)

Patrick Baca and Ingrid Oliu in Stand and Deliver (1988)

Lou Diamond Phillips, Karla Montana, Virginia Paris, and Eliot in Stand and Deliver (1988)

Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in Stand and Deliver (1988)

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Trivia
Edward James Olmos remained close friends with Jaime Escalante until Escalante's death on March 30, 2010. Olmos even led a campaign to help pay for Escalante's medical bills, a campaign which included cast members from the movie and former students of Escalante.

Goofs
The teacher in the classroom says Mayans were the first to contemplate and use the idea of zero. The first recorded zero appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C. The Mayans invented it independently circa 4 A.D.

Quotes
Jaime Escalante: [to his students] ... There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of those two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do. *Math* is the great equalizer... When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is *ganas.* *Desire.*
[Passing one boy, he ruffles up the student's hair]
Jaime Escalante: And maybe a haircut.
[Everyone laughs]
Jaime Escalante: If you don't have the *ganas,* I will give it to you because I'm an expert.

Connections
Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)

Soundtracks
Stand and Deliver
Written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang
Performed by Mr. Mister
Courtesy of RCA Records

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One of the best in the genre of teacher films.

There are many films about teachers breaking through to tough students. Many are trite, sappy and formula-written. This is one of the few truly powerful films in this genre. Every member of the cast gives an incredible performance. This is particularly true of the students. Adult writers in this genre usually fail to write convincing adolescent dialogue, but the students in this film talked and acted quite convincingly. The role of the teacher was not glorified, but treated as a regular human being who was doing his best to do something good, sometimes in the right way and sometimes in the wrong way. The race subplot was powerful, but not too preachy. In short, this was an excellent and inspiring story of teachers and students overcoming their shortcomings and being the best that they could be. A stunning and vastly underrated film.

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