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Stand and Deliver

1988 · 103 min

An earnest, inspiring true story that builds quiet tension and warmth as a teacher pushes overlooked students to defy expectations.

Tagline: At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
Overview: 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.

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
class
race
ambition
found family
Places: school
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ramón Menéndez
Written by: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot
Music: Craig Safan
Cinematography: Tom Richmond
Runtime: 103 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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