Stand and Deliver (1988)
Ratings:
7.6 (TMDb)
Released:
1988-03-11
Runtime:
103 min
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
United States of America
Director:
Ramón Menéndez
Actors:
Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot
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.
