Autumn in New York Movie Autumn in New York is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and Anthony LaPaglia. Written by Allison Burnett, the film is about a successful middle-aged restauranteur and womanizer who falls in love with a sweet young woman who is terminally ill. Plot Will Keane (Richard Gere) is a successful forty-eight-year-old restaurateur and womanizer who is the subject of a recent New York Magazine cover story. Charlotte Fielding (Winona Ryder) is a free-spirited twenty-two-year-old woman brought to Wills upscale restaurant by her grandmother and friends to celebrate her birthday. Will notices her immediately, and her grandmother, an old friend of his, introduces them. Will admires the hats she made for the occasion, and is surprised to learn that Charlotte is the daughter of one of his old girlfriends, Katy, who died in a car accident. The next day, Will calls and asks Charlotte to make a hat for his date for an upcoming benefit dinner. A few days later, she delivers the hat to his apartment. Stood up by his date, he invites her to accompany him to the formal benefit. There they dance and get to know each other, and later end up back at his apartment where they make love. The next morning, while having breakfast on his terrace, Will explains that their relationship has no future. She acknowledges this, revealing she is dying from a heart condition. Later Will tells his friend, John Volpe (Anthony LaPaglia), about his interest in Charlotte. The next day, Will calls on Charlotte and they go out together. They talk about their age difference and her illness. As they walk through the beautiful fall foliage in Central Park, Charlotte recites lines from a poem: O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists that roll and rise! As they talk, she notices him checking his watch, and she takes it from his wrist, saying shell return it when he forgets that she has it. At his restaurant, they continue to get to know each other while preparing a meal for his staff. Watching her among his friends, he begins to fall in love.
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