poster

1984

R (10/05/1984) (US)

Comedy, Drama,

1h 47m

56

User Score

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

Overview

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.

1984

56

User Score

R (10/05/1984) (US)

Comedy, Drama,

1h 47m

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

Overview

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

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Alex Jurel

JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Lisa Hammond

Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

Roger Rubell

Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

Eddie Pilikian

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Carl Rosenberg

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Dr. Donna Burke

Richard Mulligan

Richard Mulligan

Herbert Gower

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Ditto Stiles

Zohra Lampert

Zohra Lampert

Mrs. Pilikian

Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Linda Ganz