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.
Cast
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Mark Phelan
Cop
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
Adelaida Alvarez
Sexy Girl
Carmen Argenziano
Molina
Bodie Olmos
Fernando Escalante
Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
Graham Galloway
Craig
Daniel Villarreal
Chuco
Manuel Benitez
Heavy Metal Boy
Will Gotay
Pancho Garcia
Ingrid Oliu
Lupe Escobar
Karla Montana
Claudia Camejo
Lydia Nicole
Rafaela Fuentes
Betty Carvalho
Angel's Grandma
Irene Olga López
Lupe's Mother
James Victor
Ana's Father
Crew
Ramón Menéndez
Director
Tom Musca
Writer, Producer
Ramón Menéndez
Writer
Nancy Richardson
Editor, Post Production Supervisor
Tom Richmond
Director of Photography
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt
First Assistant Director
John Scherer
Second Assistant Director
Vicki Rocco
Production Coordinator, Production Accountant
Lindsay Law
Executive Producer
Iya Labunka
Associate Producer, Production Manager
Chris Lombardi
First Assistant Camera
Rob Sweeney
Second Assistant Camera
Toni Livingston
Casting
Jaki Brown
Casting
Kathryn Morrison
Costume Design
Yvonne Cervantes
Costumer
Zeca Seabra
Costumer
Dee Mansano
Hair Supervisor, Makeup Supervisor
Vered Hochman
Makeup & Hair
Arlan Jay Vetter
Assistant Art Director
Duncan Burns
Sound Effects Editor
Hamilton Sterling
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Dressel
Assistant Sound Editor
Matthew Iadarola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wayne Heitman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Halbert
Sound Mixer
Barry Bookin
Boom Operator
Jane Lang
Foley Editor
Peter Foster
ADR Editor
Craig Safan
Original Music Composer
Steve Livingston
Music Editor
Ken Johnson
Music Editor
Stuart Copely
Dialogue Editor
Frank Smathers
Dialogue Editor
Sydney Gilner
Script Supervisor
Amy C. Halpern
Electrician
Michael R. Thorpe
Electrician
Larry Litton
Location Manager
Perry Husman
Stunt Coordinator
Lisa De Alva
Property Master
John St. John
Best Boy Grip
Barbara Riley
Negative Cutter
Russ St. John
Key Grip
Shaun Madigan
Gaffer
Milo
Art Direction
