Coincidentally, Robin Williams went on to star in Dead Poets Society (1989) in which, as a teacher, he extolled the proverb - "carpe diem" - Latin for "seize the day."
Final film of Jo Van Fleet and Joseph Wiseman.
After watching this movie on PBS, Larry Charles was impressed by Jerry Stiller's performance and recommended to Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David that they cast Stiller in the role of George Costanza's father.
TV movie, commissioned by the network Public Broadcasting System (PBS), and originally scheduled for Fall 1986, but broadcast postponed to Spring 1987 due to delays in completion.