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Actors: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Stand and Deliver |
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This movie tells the true story of a teacher who gets a job at an inner-city high school. He is forced to teach calculus to a bunch of kids who are smart, but don't want to show it. He continues to encourage them and when he does and they take the final exam, the students are suspected of cheating.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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Edward James Olmos star as Jaime Escalante, a new math teacher at an inner city LA public school. Dissatisfied with the school's underachieving ways, he sets out to teach the kids calculus to give them a fighting chance for college. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as one of his brightest pupils as well as a reformed gang member. Andy Garcia is a government investigator who suspects the students' grades may be fraudulent.
--Alex Emborsky, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Stand and Deliver |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- teacher
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Hispanic/Spanish
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) bald
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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