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Teachers
“They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.”
5.7 / 10• 1984• 1h 47m•R• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
Cast & Crew
Nick Nolte
Alex Jurel
Lead
JoBeth Williams
Lisa Hammond
Judd Hirsch
Roger Rubell
Ralph Macchio
Eddie Pilikian
Allen Garfield
Carl Rosenberg
Lee Grant
Dr. Donna Burke
Richard Mulligan
Herbert Gower
Royal Dano
Ditto Stiles
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arthur Hiller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Teachers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
