Teachers, a satirical, dramatic and often comic Iook at the Iife of the modern day teacher, stars Nick Nolte (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), AIIen Garfield (The Conversation, BeverIy HiIIs Cop), Lee Grant (In The Heat of The Night, Valley of The DoIIs), Richard Mulligan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (Blue VeIvet, Wild) and Steven HilI (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |