Envers et contre tous (1988)
Jaime Escalante est professeur de mathématiques dans une école d'un quartier hispanique. Convaincu que ses élèves ont du potentiel, il adopte des méthodes d'enseignement non conventionnelles pour essayer de transformer les membres des gangs et les non-sceptiques en certains des meilleurs étudiants en algèbre et en calcul.
Directeur: Ramón Menéndez
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Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante |
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Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman |
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Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante |
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Andy Garcia as Dr. Ramirez |
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Estelle Harris as Secretary |
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Mark Phelan as Cop |
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Virginia Paris as Raquel Ortega |
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Eliot as Tito (as Mark Eliot) |
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Adelaida Alvarez as Sexy Girl |
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Carmen Argenziano as Molina |
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Bodie Olmos as Fernando Escalante |
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Vanessa Marquez as Ana Delgado |
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Graham Galloway as Craig |
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Daniel Villarreal as Chuco |
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Manuel Benitez as Heavy Metal Boy |
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Will Gotay as Pancho Garcia |
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Ingrid Oliu as Lupe Escobar |
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Karla Montana as Claudia Camejo |
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Lydia Nicole as Rafaela Fuentes |
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Betty Carvalho as Angel's Grandma |
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Irene Olga López as Lupe's Mother |
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James Victor as Ana's Father |
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Victor Garron as Jaime Escalante Jr. |
| Writing | Tom Musca | Writer |
| Directing | Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Vicki Rocco | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Tom Musca | Producer |
| Production | Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vicki Rocco | Production Accountant |
| Production | Jaki Brown | Casting |
| Camera | Rob Sweeney | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Craig Safan | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Morrison | Costume Design |
| Production | Toni Livingston | Casting |
| Camera | Chris Lombardi | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Iya Labunka | Associate Producer |
| Art | Milo | Art Direction |
| Production | Iya Labunka | Production Manager |
| Directing | John Scherer | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Shaun Madigan | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Amy C. Halpern | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Mansano | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vered Hochman | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeca Seabra | Costumer |
| Lighting | Michael R. Thorpe | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Cervantes | Costumer |
| Camera | Russ St. John | Key Grip |
| Camera | John St. John | Best Boy Grip |
| Sound | Barry Bookin | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Mansano | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Stephen Halbert | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Lisa De Alva | Property Master |
| Crew | Nancy Richardson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Peter Foster | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Larry Litton | Location Manager |
| Sound | Michael Dressel | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Sydney Gilner | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Barbara Riley | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Stuart Copely | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Perry Husman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Wayne Heitman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Duncan Burns | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jane Lang | Foley Editor |
| Art | Arlan Jay Vetter | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Steve Livingston | Music Editor |
| Directing | Ramón Menéndez | Director |
| Editing | Nancy Richardson | Editor |
| Camera | Tom Richmond | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hamilton Sterling | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Writing | Ramón Menéndez | Writer |