Teachers, a satiricaI, dramatic and often comic Iook at the Iife of the modern day teacher, stars Nick NoIte (The Deep) as AIex JureI, a once ideaIistic 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 learn 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 Garfield (The Conversation, Beverly HiIIs Cop), Lee Grant (ln The Heat of The Night, VaIIey of The Dolls), Richard MuIIigan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (BIue VeIvet, WiId) and Steven HilI (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |