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, Alex is surprised to learn that the Iawyer assigned to handle the case (JoBeth WiIliams, The Big ChilI) turns out to be AIex's former star pupiI. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People, TV's Taxi), RaIph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AIlen GarfieId (The Conversation, Beverly Hills Cop), Lee Grant (ln The Heat of The Night, VaIley of The DoIIs), Richard MuIligan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue Velvet, WiId) and Steven HilI (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |