Stand and Deliver (1988)

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

103 min★ 7.3 · 22,838 votes

• Biography
• Drama

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.

Release date

February 13, 1988

Country of origin

United States

Budget

$1,600,000

Box office

$13,994,920