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1. www.sciencefriday.com › segments › the-true-storyThe True Story Behind ‘Spare Parts’ - Science Friday

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   Jan 30, 2015 · This month, their story gets the big-screen treatment in Spare Parts, a film based on Wired editor Joshua Davis’s 2005 reporting on the team. Davis and one of the winning roboticists, Cristian Arcega , join Ira to remember “Stinky”—the team’s winning bot—and reflect on how U.S. immigration policy is affecting the next generation of ...

2. www.wired.com › 2014 › 12The True Story of the Kids Who Beat MIT's Best Robots, Coming ...

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   Dec 2, 2014 · Spare Parts , based on Joshua Davis' 2005 WIRED story: David Del Rio as Arcega, José Julián as Santillan, Carlos PenaVega as Vazquez, and Oscar Gutierrez as Aranda. More from WIRED

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4. www.wnyc.org › story › the-real-people-behind-theThe Real People Who Inspired The Film 'Spare Parts' | WNYC ...

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   In 2004, a team of high school students from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Arizona, defeated college teams, including MIT, in an underwater robotic competition. “This is the ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Spare_Parts_(2015_film)Spare Parts (2015 film) - Wikipedia

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   Spare Parts is a 2015 drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell.It is based on the Wired magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who won first place over M.I.T. in the 2004 MATE ROV competition.

   • Box office: $3.6 million
   • Release date: January 16, 2015

   • Budget: $4 million
   • Music by: Andres Levin

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   Is spare parts based on a true story?

   • Although Spare Parts was based on real life events surrounding the formation and competition of a group of high school kids, there were creative liberties taken by the filmmakers in order to complete the story. In real life, the Explorer division of the competition was not dominated by private universities, as in the movie.

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   Is share parts based on a true story?

   • Based on a true story, SPARE PARTS is set in Phoenix's Carl Hayden Community High School -- a school full of underprivileged, mostly undocumented Latino teens.

   Spare Parts Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   What is the story behind spare parts?

   • Spare Parts (2014) tells the story of four undocumented Mexican American students and their competition to build the best underwater robot -- even though they had never been to the ocean. In the end, the group built their robot and won the competition against all odds.

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   • Spare Parts cost $3.6 million. The film opened in North America on January 16, 2015, earning $1.3 million on its opening weekend and finishing 17th at the box office. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 56% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10.

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7. www.wbur.org › hereandnow › 2015/01/14The Real People Who Inspired The Film 'Spare Parts' - WBUR

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   Jan 14, 2015 · Fredi Lajvardi, instructor at Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix. He tweets @falconmaster. Cristian Arcega, one of the Carl Hayden Community High School students who inspired the film ...

8. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › spare-partsSpare Parts Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   Jan 16, 2015 · Parents need to know that Spare Parts is based on the true story of an underdog high school in Phoenix that entered a robotics competition against M.I.T. and other universities. Like the documentary Underwater Dreams (which tells the same story), the movie explains how the mostly undocumented Mexican…

9. www.azcentral.com › story › entertainmentReview: 'Spare Parts' builds melodrama from true story

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   Jan 15, 2015 · The film is based on Joshua Davis' book (in turn, based on his article for Wired magazine), which told the story of a robotics team from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix. In 2004, the ...