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Stand and Deliver (1988)?
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`~Jaime Escalante~` was actually impressed by the movie, stating that it was 'Ninety per cent truth, and ten per cent drama.' `~16188~` recommended `~13403~` to director `~Ramon Menendez~` after working with him on the 1987 @##Miami Vice##@ episode @#Red Tape#@. `~16188~` went through a hair thinning process and gained an estimated 20 pounds for the role of `~Jaime Escalante~`. According to `~16188~`, he wrote all of his dialogue with `~Jaime Escalante~`, and much of it was verbatim what Escalante had said in the real-life situations that were depicted in the film. For instance, Olmos said the dialogue in the scene where Escalante confronts the ETS investigators about the cheating allegations was word for word what Escalante told the ETS in real life. Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2011 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." `~16188~` remained close friends with `~Jaime Escalante~` until Escalante's death on March 30, 2010. Olmos even led a campaign to help pay for Escalante's medical bills, a campaign which included cast members from the film and former students of Escalante.
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