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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]
"Stand and Deliver" is a song by British new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981). It was the band's first No. 1 hit in the UK. The phrase "stand and deliver — your money or your life", used in the lyrics, is commonly associated with highwaymen in 18th century England.
"Stand and Deliver" (Adam and the Ants song), 1981 "Stand and Deliver" (Mr. Mister song), 1987 "Stand and Deliver" (Eric Clapton song), 2020 "Stand & Deliver", a 1981 song by Bram Tchaikovsky from the album Funland "Stand and Deliver", a 2004 song by Airbourne from Ready to Rock
Dec. 15—Reading from a script is easier than acting and memorizing lines; several members of Upstart Readers agreed on this point during a recent afternoon chat — but that doesn't mean it's easy.
In April 2009, No Doubt performed a cover of "Stand and Deliver" on the US television show Gossip Girl episode "Valley Girls", and performed it at The Bamboozle music festival in May 2009. [55] In 2011, CBBC programme Horrible Histories featured the song "Dick Turpin", which is a pastiche on Adam and the Ants' "Stand and Deliver". [56]
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.
A large part of the plot parodies the film, Stand and Deliver (Garfield High School / Jim Davis High School)--and Dangerous Minds—with Cartman assuming a similar role that of Jaime Escalante, although where in the film, the students are falsely accused of cheating, in the episode, the students actually do cheat, at Cartman's encouragement, and get away with it.
Meaning: If you aren't weighing yourself at a consistent time each day, expect to see different numbers on the scale. Eating or drinking anything adds weight, even the healthy stuff.