Is spare parts based on a true story?
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 the first place over M.
Where was spare parts filmed?
Much of the shooting of the film was done on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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.
What is spare parts management?
Spare Parts Management purpose is to provide “the right parts, in the right quantity, to the right place, at the right time, with the right level of quality, and at the least total cost to the organization”.
What are Capital spares?
Capital spares are spare parts which, although acknowledged to have a long life or a small chance of failure, would cause a long shutdown of equipment because it would take a long time to get a replacement for them. Spare parts are an outgrowth of the industrial development of interchangeable parts and mass production.
What is the setting of spare parts?
Based on a 2004 Wired article by Joshua Davis, the story centers on Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, where half the student population is undocumented. In the desert setting, four kids join forces on an unlikely project, building an underwater robot with the guidance of a substitute teacher.
What school was spare parts filmed?
Carl Hayden Community High SchoolIn 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.
When did spare parts happen?
2004In 2004, four Arizona teenagers won the MATE Underwater Robotics competition with a rover cobbled together from PVC pipe and spare parts. Three of the four winners were undocumented and risked deportation when they traveled to Santa Barbara to win MATE's top prize.
What is the school called in spare parts?
Carl Hayden Community High SchoolMentoring the students is comedian George Lopez as Fred Cameron, who is between engineering jobs when he seeks a substitute teaching position from the bubbly principal (Jamie Lee Curtis) of Carl Hayden Community High School. Lopez's character is a merger of two real-life teachers who guided the students at Hayden High.
Where is Luis Aranda now?
Luis Aranda Aranda was a US citizen when the group won the contest; today he runs a catering company with Santillan and works as janitorial supervisor for the courts in Phoenix.
What does the back of the shirt that Karla gives the team say?
What does the back of the shirt that Karla gives the team say? You Can Do It! The Pride is Inside!
Where is Lorenzo Santillan now?
PhoenixNow, one of those students, Lorenzo Santillan, is making a name for himself in another realm: cooking. He's opened a food truck in Phoenix called “Ni de aqui, ni de alla," which translates to "neither here nor there." And, he's determined to make his mark even as his status in this country remains up in the air.
In what year did Oscar become a US citizen?
Armed with his permanent residency, Oscar is finally able to fulfill his version of the American Dream—the opportunity to work hard in order to achieve success. In May 2011, Oscar is training to be a cavalry scout when he becomes a U.S. citizen.
Who is Oscar Vazquez?
Vazquez worked to become qualified as a paratrooper and was deployed to Afghanistan and left the Army in 2013 He was invited by President Barack Obama to attend his final State of the Union address in 2016.
Who received second place in the underwater robotics competition?
The Arizona State University and Si Se Puede Foundation all-female underwater robotics team was elated to place second overall, earning $3,800 in winnings.
Who is Allan Cameron spare parts?
Another teacher at Carl Hayden who helps Fredi with the robotics club. Allan grew up in the 50s as a mischievous kid before serving in the Navy during the Vietnam War. After he returns, he decides to become a teacher in the very new field of computer science.
What does spare part mean?
Definition of spare part : an extra part of a vehicle or machine kept for use in emergency or replacement.
Overview
Plot
In 2004, four Mexican teenagers arrive at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB); born in Mexico, raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attend an underfunded public high school.
Oscar Vazquez goes to an Armed Forces Career Center to enlist into the U.S. Army; while he is waiting for his interview, he sees a video announcement and brochures about a Marine Underwa…
Cast
• George Lopez as Fredi Cameron
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Principal Karen Lowry
• Marisa Tomei as Gwen Kolinsky
• Carlos PenaVega as Oscar Vazquez
Production
Spare Parts is an international co-production between The United States and Mexico, the first production under Lopez's recently announced film and TV deal with Pantelion Films and South Shore, the film and TV venture between Lionsgate and Mexican media giant Televisa. Much of the shooting of the film was done on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Reception
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. The site's critics consensus reads: "Spare Parts is effective enough to do in a pinch for inspirational sports drama fans - although most of them will have seen these stor…
Differences between real life and film
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. In fact, its entrants consisted of four high schools (including Carl Hayden), four com…
Other media
There is also a book with the same title (ISBN 978-0374534981) and a documentary named Underwater Dreams, that chronicle the story of the Carl Hayden team.
External links
• La Vida Robot Wired magazine
• The True Story Behind ‘Spare Parts’
• Spare Parts at IMDb
• Spare Parts at Box Office Mojo