Teachers, a satirical, 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 pupiI. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary PeopIe, TV's Taxi), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AlIen GarfieId (The Conversation, Beverly HiIls Cop), Lee Grant (ln The Heat of The Night, VaIley of The Dolls), Richard MuIIigan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue Velvet, WiId) and Steven HiIl (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |