Teachers (film)

Teachers is a 1984 satirical dark comedydrama film starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio, and Judd Hirsch, written by W. R. McKinney and directed by Arthur Hiller. The movie was shot in Columbus, Ohio, mostly at the former Central High School. The building is now home to the COSI Columbus museum.

Alex Jurel Nick Nolte is a veteran Social Studies teacher who takes his job lightly despite being one of the most popular teachers in school because of his ability to identify and connect with the students. Jurel has been worn down by years of being inbetween the rowdy students and the demands of the administration. He is assigned to temporarily take over the duties of the school psychologist who started a fight in the office and meets a young man named Eddie Pilikian Ralph Macchio to whom he becomes a mentor. During this time, a romance also develops between Jurel and Hammond, his former student.The major plotline centers on the Calvin lawsuit, with Superintendent Donna Burke Lee Grant and school lawyer Al Lewis Morgan Freeman attempting to avoid bad publicity associated with the case. To this end, they try to figure out which teachers will potentially damage the schools reputation in their depositions. Intertwined with the major storyline are Jurels efforts to reform Pilikian into a student who believes in himself. ........

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