Stand and Deliver [P&S]

Director: Ramon Menendez Ramon Menendez

Overview

A tough, dedicated mathematics teacher in a largely Hispanic East Los Angeles high school defies expectations by demanding that his impoverished students learn advanced calculus, a challenge that transforms their lives in the process. This popular inspirational drama was inspired by the true story of teacher Jaime Escalante.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/08/2010
UPC:	0883929143511
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	9,613

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edward James Olmos	Jaime Escalante,Fernando Escalante
Lou Diamond Phillips	Angel
Vanessa Marquez	Ana
Andy Garcia	Ramirez
Virginia Paris	Raquel Ortega
Carmen Argenziano	Principal Molina
Rosana DeSoto	Fabiola Escalante
Ingrid Oliu	Lupe
Karla Montana	Claudia
Mark Eliot	Tito
Patrick Baca	Javier
Will Gotay	Pancho
Daniel Villarreal	Chuco
Lydia Nicole	Rafaela
James Victor	Ana's Father
Rif Hutton	Pearson
Mark Everett	Heavy Metal Boy
Estelle Harris	Secretary
Mark Phelan	Cop
Richard Martinez	Heavy Metal Boy
Tyde Kierney	Joe Goodell
Michael Goldfinger	Coach
Michael Yama	Sanzaki
Graham Galloway	Craig
Betty Carvalho	Angel's Grandmother
Irene Olga Lopez	Lupe's Mother
Yvette Cruise	Claudia's Mother
Aixa Clemente	Hospital Receptionist
Victor Garron	Jaime Escalante Jr.
Barbara Vera	Proctor
Star Frohman	Female Cop
Jessica Seynos	Ganas Kid
Dominic Lucero	Ganas Kid
Sonia Fuentes	Ganas Kid
Henry Torres	Ganas Kid
Richard Moreno	Ganas Kid
Phillip Elizalde	Ganas Kid
Adelaide Alvarez	Sexy Girl
Beatrice Giraldo	Ganas Kid
Michael Adler	Schloss
David Brian Abalos	Ganas Kid
Irma Barrios	Ganas Kid
Craig Safan	Composer

Technical Credits

Tom Musca

Ramón Menéndez

Ramon Menendez	Director
Lindsay Law	Executive Producer,Producer
Tom Musca	Producer,Screenwriter
Ramón Menéndez	Screenwriter
Bruce Evans	Producer
Lidsay Law	Producer,Executive Producer
Ray Gideon	Producer
Andrew Scheinman	Producer
Jaki Brown-Karman	Casting
Stephen Halbert	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Forsaking cornball sentimentality for a straight-ahead depiction of its subject, this true-life drama from PBS's superb American Playhouse not surprisingly plays a bit too much like a made-for-television movie, or even an adaptation of a play. Despite this drawback, the film's not-so-secret weapon is an awfully impressive one: A legendary, Oscar-nominated performance from star Edward James Olmos, who "delivers" easily the best work of his journeyman career, transforming his figure, face, hair, gait, and voice to portray a man who's just about literally all intellect. Lou Diamond Phillips provides ample support, and the script from director Ramon Menendez and producer Tom Musca moves with agility back and forth between developments in the classroom and in the lives of the students and their teacher. It all gets wrapped up a bit too quickly and the answers to a few pertinent questions seem to have been left on the cutting room floor, but for sheer acting power and uplift without bathos, the film's a definite success. Stand and Deliver swept the Independent Spirit Awards the year of its release, winning a half-dozen of the major categories including Best Feature and Director.