Seize the Day (1986)
- Starring:
- Robin Williams, Jerry Stiller, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fielder Cook
- Category:
- Television
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The PBS series Great Performances first presented the made-for-TV feature Seize the Day. The time is the success-driven '50s; Robin Williams plays Tommy Wilhelm, a middle-ager who has just lost his salesman's job. Margaret, his wife (Katherine Borowitz), is on the verge of divorce and fully intends to take him to the cleaners whether he has an income or not. Doctor Adler (Joseph Wiseman), Tommy's judgmental father, cannot abide having a failure in the family and refuses to lend his son a single penny. In desperation, Tommy heads to New York City, where his old wheeler-dealer pal Dr. Tamkin (Jerry Stiller) has promised him a job. Even there, however, Tommy is defeated by the cold-shoulder treatment afforded him by the people whose opinions he values most. Seize the Day was adapted by Ronald Ribman from the novel by Saul Bellow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast:
- Robin Williams - Tommy Wilhelm
- Joseph Wiseman - Dr. Adler
- William Hickey - Perls
- Harry Davis - Elderly Man
- Rose Arrick - Waitress
- Katherine Borowitz - Margaret
- Kent Broadhurst - Trader #3
- Mildred Clinton - Woman #2
- O.L. Duke - Funeral Home Attendant
- John Fiedler - Carl
- Paula Trueman - Woman #1
- Stephen Strimpell - Stockbroker
- Richard B. Shull - Rojax
- Walter Gorney - Panhandler
- Eileen Heckart - Funeral Woman #1
- Carl Low - Rowland
- Jerry Stiller - Dr. Tamkin
- Glenne Headly - Olive
- Tony Roberts - Bernie Pell
- Tom Aldredge - Rappaport
- Saul Bellow - Man in Hallway
- Fran Brill - Mother
- James Cahill - Phil
- William Duell - Joey
- Fyvush Finkel - Shomier
- Steve Vinovich - Zeigler
- Allen Swift - Maurice Venice
- Joe Sharkey - Trader #2
- Jo Van Fleet - Mrs. Einhorn
- Louis Guss - Rubin
- Jayne Heller - Mrs. Adler
- Elizabeth Perry - Funeral Woman #2
- Director(s):
- Fielder Cook
- Writer(s):
- Ronald Ribman
- Producer(s):
- Chriz Schultz
- Categories:
- Television
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