Stand and Deliver
“At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
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Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
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Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez
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Estelle Harris
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Mark Phelan
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Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
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Adelaida Alvarez
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Carmen Argenziano
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Identity
Angels & Demons
Bodie Olmos
Fernando Escalante
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Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
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ER
Father Hood
Ramón Menéndez Director · Tom Musca Writer Craig Safan Composer
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $1.6M · United States release March 11, 1988
Box office
Budget
$1,600,000
Worldwide gross
$13,994,920
Gross vs. budget
8.7×
Production
American Playhouse
Production
Olmos Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · February 13, 1988
Premiere · Miami International Film Festival
United States · March 11, 1988
Theatrical
United States
October 2, 2026 · Theatrical · AMC Fan Faves
Germany
September 22, 1988 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 5, 2005 · Digital
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