Seize the Day Summary
Director: Fielder Cook
Genres: Drama
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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, Rovi
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