Back to browse
77% Critic Match
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...”
7.7 / 10• 1988• 1h 43m•PG• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Lead
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Mark Phelan
Cop
VP
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ramón Menéndez's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Stand and Deliver is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
