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Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American biographical 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]
Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez (December 31, 1930 – March 30, 2010) was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.
Ramón Menéndez (born January 21, 1950) is a Cuban-American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film Stand and Deliver.. His other film directing credits include Money for Nothing (1993) starring John Cusack [1] and the Disney Channel original film Gotta Kick It Up!
Dec. 15—Reading from a script is easier than acting and memorizing lines; several members of Upstart Readers agreed on this point during a recent afternoon chat — but that doesn't mean it's easy.
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]
A large part of the plot parodies the film, Stand and Deliver (Garfield High School / Jim Davis High School)--and Dangerous Minds—with Cartman assuming a similar role that of Jaime Escalante, although where in the film, the students are falsely accused of cheating, in the episode, the students actually do cheat, at Cartman's encouragement, and get away with it.
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Craig Safan (born December 17, 1948, in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer for film and television, [1] whose biggest scores include The Last Starfighter, Angel, Mr. Wrong, Stand and Deliver, Fade to Black, Major Payne, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and music to the TV series Cheers, for which he won numerous ASCAP awards.