Teachers, a satiricaI, dramatic and often comic Iook at the life of the modern day teacher, stars Nick NoIte (The Deep) as AIex Jurel, 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, AIex is surprised to learn that the lawyer assigned to handle the case (JoBeth Williams, The Big ChilI) turns out to be AIex's former star pupil. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People, TV's Taxi), RaIph 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 MuIligan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue VeIvet, WiId) and Steven HilI (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |