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5.7A 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.
Released: 1984-10-05107 minDir: Arthur HillerComedy, Drama
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Alex Jurel
- JoBeth Williams as Lisa Hammond
- Judd Hirsch as Roger Rubell
- Ralph Macchio as Eddie Pilikian
- Allen Garfield as Carl Rosenberg
- Lee Grant as Dr. Donna Burke
Themes
- high school
- satire
- lawsuit
- ohio
- high school teacher
- schoolteacher
- columbus, ohio
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
4,775 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
39/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 528790
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Teachers
- review score
- 5.6/10
- capital cost
- 9000000
- box office
- 27774237
- publication date
- 1985-04-19
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Categories
1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films1980s high school films1980s satirical films1984 American films1984 black comedy films1984 English-language films1984 filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversAmerican coming-of-age comedy-drama filmsAmerican high school filmsAmerican satirical filmsEnglish-language black comedy filmsFilms about educatorsFilms directed by Arthur HillerFilms set in Columbus, OhioFilms shot in OhioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUnited Artists films