Stand and Deliver Movie

Stand and Deliver
Rating:
Run Time: 105 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Released: 1988
Directors: Ramon Menendez
Genre/Type: Drama
Urban Drama
Message Movie
Coming-of-Age
Docudrama
Producers: Ray Gideon
Bruce A. Evans
Lidsay Law
Tom Musca
Andrew Scheinman
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Edward James Olmos portrays the real-life Jaime Escalante, a no-nonsense mathematic teacher in a tough East LA high school. Handed a classroom full of "losers" and "unteachables," Escalante is determined to turn his young charges' lives around. Drawing from his own cultural heritage, Escalante forms a bond with his largely Hispanic student body, evoking the names of famous Spaniards and Latin Americans whose great accomplishments were predicated on their ability to learn. The students gradually come to realize that the only way they'll escape their own poverty-stricken barrio is to improve themselves intellectually. As a result, the class' academic achievements soar dramatically -- too dramatically for the Educational Testing Service, which is convinced that the class' high test scores are the results of cheating. The triumphant exoneration of Escalante's students provides Stand and Deliver with its rousingly upbeat conclusion.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Edward James Olmos Jaime Escalante Feb 24, 1947 in East Los Angeles, CA
Lou Diamond Phillips Angel Feb 17, 1962 in Philippines
Rosanna de Soto Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia Ramirez Apr 12, 1956 in Havana, Cuba
Will Gotay Pancho
Ingrid Oliu Lupe
Mark Everett Heavy Metal Boy
Virginia Paris Raquel Ortega
Mark Phelan Cop
Daniel Villarreal Chuco
Irma Barrios Ganas Kid
Graham Galloway Craig
Aixa Clemente Hospital Receptionist
Yvette Cruise Claudia's Mother
Bodie Olmos Fernando Escalante
Michael Yama Sanzaki
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Review by Karl Williams
Forsaking cornball sentimentality for a straight-ahead depiction of its subject, this true-life drama from PBS's superb American Playhouse not surprisingly plays a bit too much like a made-for-television movie, or even an adaptation of a play. Despite this drawback, the film's not-so-secret weapon is an awfully impressive one: A legendary, Oscar-nominated performance from star Edward James Olmos, who "delivers" easily the best work of his journeyman career, transforming his figure, face, hair, gait, and voice to portray a man who's just about literally all intellect. Lou Diamond Phillips provides ample support, and the script from director Ramon Menendez and producer Tom Musca moves with agility back and forth between developments in the classroom and in the lives of the students and their teacher. It all gets wrapped up a bit too quickly and the answers to a few pertinent questions seem to have been left on the cutting room floor, but for sheer acting power and uplift without bathos, the film's a definite success. Stand and Deliver swept the Independent Spirit Awards the year of its release, winning a half-dozen of the major categories including Best Feature and Director.

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Thu , 4:50 AM ET · Stand and Deliver  · Channel 350 · ENCORE · Duration: 120 min.
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