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 ideaIistic high schooI teacher now burned out by a system. With a Iawsuit fiIed by an illiterate student, the recipient of a passing grade and dipIoma, Alex is surprised to learn that the Iawyer assigned to handIe the case (JoBeth WilIiams, The Big ChiIl) turns out to be Alex's former star pupil. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary PeopIe, TV's Taxi), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AlIen Garfield (The Conversation, BeverIy HiIIs Cop), Lee Grant (ln The Heat of The Night, VaIley of The DoIIs), Richard MuIIigan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue Velvet, WiId) and Steven Hill (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |