Stand and Deliver 1988

Name: Stand and Deliver
Released: 1988-03-11
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Ramón Menéndez & Ramón Menéndez
Written by:	Ramón Menéndez & Tom Musca
Release date:	1988-03-11
Runtime:	103 minutes
Critics score:	73 / 100
Tagline:	At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...