Seize the Day

Seize the Day

Seize the Day

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Seize the Day

1986

1h 33m

5.0(28 votes)

Drama

Overview

Tommy Wilhelm 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.

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Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Tommy Wilhelm

Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller

Dr. Tamkin

Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman

Dr. Adler

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly

Olive

John Fiedler

John Fiedler

Carl

Richard B. Shull

Richard B. Shull

Rojax

Katherine Borowitz

Katherine Borowitz

Margaret

Louis Guss

Louis Guss

Rubin

William Duell

William Duell

Joey

Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts

Bernie Pell

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Directed by: Fielder Cook
Written by: Ronald Ribman
Produced by: Chiz Schultz

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