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Jan 30, 2015 · Three of the four winners were undocumented and risked deportation when they traveled to Santa Barbara to win MATE’s top prize. 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.
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.
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. [4] [5] The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015.
- $3.6 million
- January 16, 2015
- $4 million
- Andres Levin
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 ...
Jan 16, 2015 · It helps immensely that the film’s star, producer and Sidney Poitier fill-in, the eminently likable George Lopez in a rare dramatic role as a PhD-toting engineer forced to be a substitute science teacher, is clearly wearing his own heart on his sleeve in this true-life underdog story. Just as Poitier ended up serving as a mentor and father ...
Jun 5, 2015 · With George Lopez, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carlos PenaVega. Four Mexican high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Jan 15, 2015 · Though based on a true story, “Spare Parts,” like every other studio product, rehashes clichés from other movies so as not to unduly challenge the audience. Read full article. Get 6 Months of...
