Stand and Deliver

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Movie
German title Stand and Deliver
Original title Stand and Deliver
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1988
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ramón Menéndez
script Ramón Menéndez,
Tom Musca
production Tom Musca
music Craig Safan
camera Tom Richmond
cut Nancy Richardson
occupation

Stand and Deliver is an American biopic from 1988 . The drama film deals with the true story of math teacher Jaime Escalante , who uses unusual teaching methods to help uneducated children of Hispanic immigrants pass an important test. Leading actor Edward James Olmos was awarded an Oscar nomination for portraying Escalante . The film was added to the National Film Database of the Library of Congress in 2011.

action

Jaime Escalante starts out as a math teacher at James A. Garfield High School in Los Angeles. His students come from Hispanic immigrant families and are poorly educated; they are also exposed to many social problems. Escalante is trying to change the learning culture at school in order to make academic education more palatable and to give them access to it. He quickly becomes aware of the previously undiscovered potential of his students and he begins to get them excited about the goal of passing a special math test for their senior year, after which the students take additional math classes at Escalante in the summer. Escalante then has to defend himself against cynical teacher colleagues who consider the students to be incapable. Despite the resistance, low expectations and negative perceptions of their environment, Escalante helps them to successfully pass the test. Completely surprisingly, the examination board questions the result on the grounds that there is a match on the errors and suspects a large-scale fraud. Escalante defends his students and it becomes clear that the allegations are based on racism and irrational perception rather than concrete evidence. He offers to repeat the test without prior notice. Again, all students pass the test, which suddenly silences all allegations of fraud.

criticism

“There were moments in 'Stand and Deliver' that moved me very deeply and other moments so artificial and made up that I wanted to cut them out, right here and now. The result is a film that makes a bold, bold statement about an unforeseen problem, but lacks the full emotional power it should have. ”( “ There were moments in “Stand and Deliver” that moved me very deeply and other moments so artificial and contrived that I wanted to edit them out, right then and there. The result is a film that makes a brave, bold statement about an unexpected subject, but that lacks the full emotional power it really should have. " ) "

- Roger Ebert, Chicago Tribune, April 15, 1988

Trivia

Although the James A. Garfield High School is the focus of the film, the shooting was carried out in the actually "enemy" Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights , Los Angeles.

Olmos and Escalante became friends while filming. Before Escalante's death in 2010, Olmos and former students raised money for his medical treatment.

According to his own statements, Olmos wrote all dialogues with Escalante together. The scene in which he has to defend himself before the examination board on alleged fraudulent charges is based word for word on what Escalante actually said.

After filming, Jaime Escalante said that he was “ actually impressed by the movie” and that it was “90% truth, 10% fiction” ( “Ninety per cent truth, and ten per cent drama " ).

The role of Ana Delgado is the only character with a real equivalent, only the name has been changed.

background

Jay Mathews, author of Escalante: The Best Teacher in America , was given the opportunity to review ten original student exams. He said nine of them made "exactly the same stupid mistake" on one question. Mathews heard from two students that a sheet of paper with an incorrect answer was circulating during the exam. Twelve students, including the nine who made the same mistake, agreed to take the test again and passed it again. At the time the book was written in 1987, 27% of students who passed the test with a grade of 3 or better were from Garfield High School.

First Escalante began his teaching career in 1974 at Garfield High School. In 1978 he ran his first math class, which was attended by 14 students. Only five students were still on the course at the end of the school year and only two of them passed the exam. In the years that followed, his students continued to improve. It happened in 1982 that all 18 students in his class passed the exam.

Unlike what is shown in the film, students need years to solidly prepare for this demanding math exam. For this reason, Escalante later introduced summer courses at East Los Angeles College, in which students were given intensive tutoring over a period of seven weeks. In addition, Escalante and Rector Henry Gradillas campaigned for algebra to be offered in the lower schools in the eighth and ninth grades.

literature

  • Jay Mathews Escalante: The Best Teacher in America , Henry Holt & Co, 1988, ISBN 0-8050-0450-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Rain Man' Given 8 Oscar Nominations; Sigourney 2: Hoffman Wins 6th Acting Nod. In: Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ 2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates. In: Library of Congress . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Stand and Deliver. In: rogerebert.com , April 15, 1988.
  4. ^ Students 'Stand And Deliver' For Former Teacher. In: National Public Radion. March 9, 2010, accessed November 14, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Edward James Olmos on Stand and Deliver's 25th Anniversary. In: Huffington Post. April 15, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  6. ^ Stand and Deliver Revisited. In: Reason Magazine. July 2002, accessed November 14, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Jay Mathews: Lessons For a Lifetime. In: Los Angeles Times. April 4, 2010, accessed November 12, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Jay Mathews: Retest DC Classes That Had Dubious Exam Results in '08. In: The Washington Post. September 14, 2009, accessed January 16, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Jay Mathews: Retest DC Classes That Had Dubious Exam Results in '08. In: The Washington Post. September 14, 2009, accessed January 16, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Elaine Woo: Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East LA students to 'Stand and Deliver' - pp. 1-2. In: Los Angeles Times. March 31, 2010, accessed January 16, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Jaime Escalante dies, inspired 1988 film 'Stand and Deliver'. In: The Washington Post. March 31, 2010, accessed November 14, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Jerry Jesness: Stand and Deliver Revisited. In: Reason. July 2002, accessed November 12, 2015 .