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Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, 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. [3]
Stand and Deliver. Hairspray; Patti Rocks; The Thin Blue Line; Torch Song Trilogy; Ramón Menéndez – Stand and Deliver. David Burton Morris – Patti Rocks; Errol Morris – The Thin Blue Line; Oliver Stone – Talk Radio; John Waters – Hairspray; Best Male Lead Best Female Lead; Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver. Eric Bogosian ...
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English ...
Musca's best known work was as the writer and producer of Stand and Deliver in 1988. [3] The film was nominated for seven Independent Spirit Awards and won six, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay honors for Musca. [4] Additionally, Edward James Olmos, was nominated for an Oscar and an Academy Award for his role in the film. [5]
The nominees for the 60th Academy Awards were announced on February 16, 1988, at 5:38 PM PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Wise, president of the academy, and actress Shirley MacLaine. [8] The Last Emperor received the most nominations, with nine total; Broadcast News came in second with seven ...
"Mad Max: Fury Road's" whopping 10 nominations drew cheers from the crowd, while both "Inside Out" and "Carol" lost out on Best Picture nods. Alejandro G. Inarritu's "The Revenant" leads with 12 ...
Edward James Olmos won for Stand and Deliver. Matt Dillon won for Drugstore Cowboy. Danny Glover won for To Sleep with Anger. River Phoenix won for My Own Private Idaho. Jeff Bridges has won the award for American Heart (1993) and Crazy Heart (2009). Samuel L. Jackson won for Pulp Fiction. Ian McKellen won for God and Monsters.
Lou Diamond Phillips won for Stand and Deliver. Bruce Davison won for Longtime Companion. Steve Buscemi has won twice, for Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Ghost World in 2001. Benicio del Toro has won twice, for The Usual Suspects (1995) and Basquiat (1996). Jason Lee won for Chasing Amy. Steve Zahn won for Happy, Texas.