The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus. Jaime Escalante : [to his students] There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of those two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do.
When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else.
Jaime Escalante : And maybe a haircut. All All. Sign In. Stand and Deliver PG 1h 43m. Play trailer Biography Drama. See production info at IMDbPro. Videos 2. Trailer Stand and Deliver. Stand And Deliver. Photos Add photo. Top cast 49 Edit. Edward James Olmos Jaime Escalante.
Estelle Harris Secretary. Mark Phelan Cop. Virginia Paris Raquel Ortega. Eliot Tito Guitaro as a different name. Adelaida Alvarez Sexy Girl. Will Gotay Pancho Garcia. Patrick Baca Javier Perales. Ingrid Oliu Lupe Escobar. Carmen Argenziano Jesse Molina. Richard Martinez Heavy Metal Boy. Mark Everett Heavy Metal Boy. Tyde Kierney Joe Goodell. Bodie Olmos Fernando Escalante. Karla Montana Claudia Camejo.
Vanessa Marquez Ana Delgado. Daniel Villarreal Chuco. More like this. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Olmos even led a campaign to help pay for Escalante's medical bills, a campaign which included cast members from the movie and former students of Escalante. Goofs The teacher in the classroom says Mayans were the first to contemplate and use the idea of zero.
