Edward James Olmos delivers a tour de force performance as Jaime Escalante, a real-life math teacher who inspires troubled inner-city students in East Los Angeles to master advanced calculus in “Stand and Deliver.” Director Ramon Menendez did an excellent job at the helm of this biopic, co-writing the excellent screenplay with Tom Musca.
Co-stars include Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Rosanna DeSoto, and Rif Hutton. “Stand and Deliver” was a box office hit for American Playhouse and Warner Bros. Pictures. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, receiving one Oscar nod for Best Actor (Olmos).
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
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Edward James Olmos delivers a tour de force performance as Jaime Escalante, a real-life math teacher who inspires troubled inner-city students in East Los Angeles to master advanced calculus in “Stand and Deliver.” Director Ramon Menendez did an excellent job at the helm of this biopic, co-writing the excellent screenplay with Tom Musca.
Co-stars include Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Rosanna DeSoto, and Rif Hutton. “Stand and Deliver” was a box office hit for American Playhouse and Warner Bros. Pictures. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, receiving one Oscar nod for Best Actor (Olmos).
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