Teachers, a satirical, dramatic and often comic look at the Iife of the modern day teacher, stars Nick Nolte (The Deep) as Alex JureI, a once idealistic high school teacher now burned out by a system. With a lawsuit filed by an iIIiterate 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), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AlIen GarfieId (The Conversation, Beverly Hills Cop), Lee Grant (In The Heat of The Night, VaIIey of The Dolls), Richard MulIigan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue Velvet, Wild) and Steven HiIl (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |