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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]
Vanessa Rosalia Marquez (December 21, 1968 – August 30, 2018) was an American actress. She was primarily known for her recurring role in the first three seasons of ER as nurse Wendy Goldman, [2] as well as her role as Ana Delgado in the 1988 biographical drama film, Stand and Deliver.
Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) [1] is an English actress. She first came to public attention at age 16 for her relationship with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles "Antmusic" (1980) and "Stand and Deliver" (1981) during their four-year relationship.
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 ...
Another actress who helped forge the path for today's Latinx talent in Hollywood, Lupe Vélez was a Mexican actress who starred in films such as The Gaucho, Stand and Deliver, and Half-Naked Truth ...
Escalante has described the film "Stand and Deliver" as "90% truth, 10% drama." He stated that several points were left out of the film: It took him several years to achieve the kind of success shown in the film. No student who did not know multiplication tables or fractions was ever taught calculus in a single year.
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!
Justin Bieber, Darren Criss, John Legend and Tyler Blackburn are among the male stars who have donned their birthday suits in nude social media pictures. Male celebrities who have gone totally ...