The film won the independent spirit award for best feature in 1988.
Stand and deliver real students where are they now.
Stand and deliver is a 1988 american drama film based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher jaime escalante for portraying escalante edward james olmos was nominated for the academy award for best actor at the 61st academy awards.
Actor edward james olmos and teacher jaime escalante now 79.
The 1988 film stand and deliver told the story of these students and their unorthodox calculus teacher jaime escalante.
The former students most of whom are now 23 years old had hoped that the scandal would have been put to rest five years ago when they passed the.
Unlike in the movie escalante realized he needed to give students years of preparation before taking the ap class.
Edward james olmos in stand and deliver 1988 digital image.
In 2011 the film was deemed culturally historically or aesthetically.
Former students of jaime escalante the math teacher portrayed in the 1988 movie stand and deliver are raising money for the man who worked tirelessly to teach them what he believed was the.
Real life flashbacks to stand deliver.
They are old friends who changed each other s lives and the lives of many more.