Time to Say Goodbye?

{{Short description|1997 American television film}} {{other uses|Time to Say Goodbye (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | writer = Jacqueline Feather David Seidler | director = David Jones | starring = Eva Marie Saint Richard Kiley Margaret Colin Rick Roberts | music = Peter Rodgers Melnick | country = United States | language = English | producer = Julian Marks Bonnie Forbes | executive_producer = Jinny Schreckinger | editor = Pam Malouf-Cundy | cinematography = Mike Fash | runtime = 91 minutes | company = Heart Entertainment | budget = | network = Lifetime | released = {{Start date|1997|09|01}} }}

'''''Time to Say Goodbye?''''' is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film directed by David Jones and starring Eva Marie Saint. The film is centered on the decision of an elderly family patriarch to end his life, when faced with the degradation of Alzheimer's disease. The film originally premiered on Lifetime cable network on September 1, 1997. <ref>Television Guide - Volume 49 2001 - 0091692233 Time to Say Goodbye? (CC) — Drama 2:00 (1997) Fact-based drama about a physician (Richard Kiley) with Alzheimer's disease who wants his family to assist in his suicide.</ref>

==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Eva Marie Saint as Ruth Klooster * Richard Kiley as Dr. Gerald Klooster * Margaret Colin as Kristen Hamstra * Rick Roberts as Chip Klooster * Alex Carter as Craig Klooster * Kevin Hicks as Curt Klooster * John Neville as Michigan Judge * Elizabeth Shepherd as Teresa Rodriguez * Louis Di Bianco as Joe Rodriguez * Greg Ellwand as Bill * Tracey Hoyt as Mary * Catherine McNally as Betty * Max Naiman as Zachery * Connor Cunningham as Alexander * John Boylan as Dr. Peters * Richard McMillan as Dr. Fawcett * John Innes as Stroup * Martin Doyle as Earhart * David Eisner as Justis * Thomas Hauff as Judge McKinistry * Philip Akin as Airport Police Officer * Ronn Sarosiak as Florida Patrolman * Matthew Bennett as FBI Officer * James Downing as Tony * Harry Hamlin }}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0160987|title=Time to Say Goodbye?}} {{David Jones}}

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