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Stand and Deliver

Year:
Duration:
103 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Ramón Menéndez
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 6 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1988-03-11
Filming Locations: Garfield High School - 5101 E. 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $411,884 (USA) (13 March 1988)
Gross: $13,994,920 (USA) Filming Dates 1 April 1987 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Edward James Olmos
Jaime Escalante
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Mark Phelan
Cop
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Eliot
Tito
Adelaida Alvarez
Sexy Girl
Will Gotay
Pancho
Patrick Baca
Javier
Ingrid Oliu
Lupe
Carmen Argenziano
Molina
Richard Martinez
Heavy Metal Boy
Mark Everett
Heavy Metal Boy
Tyde Kierney
Joe Goodell
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Karla Montana
Claudia Camejo
Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
Daniel Villarreal
Chuco
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Michael Goldfinger
Coach
Michael Yama
Sanzaki
Lydia Nicole
Rafaela Fuentes
Graham Galloway
Craig
Betty Carvalho
Angel's Grandma
Irene Olga López
Lupe's Mother (as Irene Olga Lopez)
James Victor
Ana's Father
Yvette Cruise
Claudia's Mother
Aixa Clemente
Hospital Receptionist
Victor Garron
Jaime Escalante Jr.
Michael Adler
Schloss
Barbara Vera
Proctor
Andy Garcia
Ramirez
Rif Hutton
Pearson
Star Frohman
Female Cop
Jessica Seynos
Ganas Kid
Dominic Lucero
Ganas Kid
Sonia Fuentes
Ganas Kid
David Brian Abalos
Ganas Kid
Irma Barrios
Ganas Kid
Henry Torrès
Ganas Kid (as Henry Torres)
Beatriz Geraldo
Ganas Kid (as Beatrie Giraldo)
Richard Moreno
Ganas Kid
Phillip Elizalde
Ganas Kid
Justin Aguila
Student (uncredited)
Frank Aragon
Student (uncredited)
Eugene Robert Glazer
(uncredited)
Fernando Thomas
High School Student (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2011 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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Although the film is set at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, most of the scenes were filmed at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Ironically, both Roosevelt and Garfield are cross-town rival high schools.
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Edward James Olmos went through a hair thinning process and gained an estimated 20 pounds for the role of Jaime Escalante.
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Goofs
One of the students, while talking with Mr. Escalante outside, is holding a can of Diet Pepsi bearing the logo introduced in 1985, three years later then the movie takes place.
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When the students are in the classroom being questioned about cheating you can see Pearson (Rif Hutton) in the background cap his pen twice between shots.
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When Kemo returns home after thinking his car is stolen, you see that the front windows have curtains closed in them. Once Angel shows up with his car, Kemo goes to the window to see what is happening and the curtains are wide open.
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Quotes
Escalante: Are your friends auditing?
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Jaime Escalante: ...Did you know that neither the Greeks nor the Romans were capable of using the concept of zero? It was your ancestors, the Mayans, who first contemplated the zero. The absence of value. True story. You *burros* have math in your blood... A negative times a negative equals a positive. Why?
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Jaime Escalante: Students will rise to the level of expectation, Senor Molina.
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Photos from cast
Bodie Olmos
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