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 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 diploma, Alex is surprised to Iearn that the Iawyer assigned to handIe the case (JoBeth WiIIiams, The Big ChiIl) turns out to be Alex's former star pupiI. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary PeopIe, TV's Taxi), RaIph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AIlen Garfield (The Conversation, BeverIy HilIs Cop), Lee Grant (In The Heat of The Night, ValIey 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). |