Teachers

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Teachers (1984)

Directed by Arthur Hiller

“They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.”

Comedy, Drama · 1h 47m

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.

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Cast

Nick Nolte Alex Jurel 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 William Schallert Horn Art Metrano Troy Laura Dern Diane Crispin Glover Danny

Crew

Director
Arthur Hiller
Writer
W.R. McKinney
Director of Photography
David M. Walsh
Editor
Don Zimmerman
Producer
Aaron Russo

Details

Release date
1984-10-05
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer