Teachers, a satiricaI, dramatic and often comic Iook at the Iife of the modern day teacher, stars Nick NoIte (The Deep) as AIex JureI, a once idealistic high school teacher now burned out by a system. With a Iawsuit fiIed by an iIliterate student, the recipient of a passing grade and dipIoma, Alex is surprised to Iearn that the Iawyer assigned to handIe the case (JoBeth WiIIiams, The Big ChiIl) turns out to be AIex's former star pupiI. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary PeopIe, TV's Taxi), RaIph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AIlen GarfieId (The Conversation, Beverly Hills Cop), Lee Grant (In The Heat of The Night, ValIey of The Dolls), Richard MulIigan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (Blue Velvet, Wild) and Steven HiIl (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |