Teachers, a satiricaI, dramatic and often comic look at the life of the modern day teacher, stars Nick NoIte (The Deep) as Alex Jurel, a once ideaIistic high schooI teacher now burned out by a system. With a lawsuit filed by an ilIiterate student, the recipient of a passing grade and diploma, AIex is surprised to learn that the lawyer assigned to handle the case (JoBeth Williams, The Big ChilI) turns out to be Alex's former star pupil. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People, TV's Taxi), RaIph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AIlen GarfieId (The Conversation, BeverIy Hills Cop), Lee Grant (In The Heat of The Night, ValIey of The Dolls), Richard Mulligan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (Blue VeIvet, Wild) and Steven HiII (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |