MOVIE
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...
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Stand and Deliver in its release era
Released in 1988, Stand and Deliver sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1988-03-11
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB score
- 7.8/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
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