Seize the Day

Sep 9, 1986

1h 33m

★ 4.9

Overview

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Learning in Focus

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Cast

Tommy Wilhelm

Robin Williams

Dr. Tamkin

Jerry Stiller

Dr. Adler

Joseph Wiseman

Olive

Glenne Headly

Carl

John Fiedler

Rojax

Richard B. Shull

Margaret

Katherine Borowitz

Rubin

Louis Guss

Joey

William Duell

Bernie Pell

Tony Roberts

Mrs. Einhorn

Jo Van Fleet

Maurice Venice

Allen Swift

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