Autumn in New York

The Story

Successful restaurateur Will Keane is on the verge of turning fifty, yet he's still quite the playboy with a persistent case of commitment-phobia. When he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-sprited woman half his age, he expects another quick and easy romance. But nothing about their relationship is quick or easy. Instead their encounters are rife with intergenerational clashes, differing philosophies and an urgent sense of sensuality and connection. Just when Will is tempted to bail out with his usual line about "not promising forever," Charlotte responds with reasons of her own about why she feels this relationship can't last forever -- she's dying.

Cast

Richard Gere ................... Will Keane
Winona Ryder ... Charlotte Fielding
Anthony LaPaglia .................... John
Elaine Stritch ............................ Dolly
Vera Farmiga .................... Lisa Tyler
Sherry Stringfield .................... Sarah
Jill Hennessy ............. Lynn McCale
J.K. Simmons ......... Dr. Tom Grandy
Sam Trammell .......................... Simon
Mary Beth Hurt ................ Dr. Sibley
Kali Rocha .......................... Shannon
Steven Randazzo .................. Alberto
Toby Poser ...... Autumn Woman #1
George Spielvogel III .............. Netto
Ranjit Chowdhry ....................... Fakir

Will: "I'm too old for you."
Charlotte: "Oh, no... I collect antiques."
Will: "Ouch."

John: "Buddy, I hate to break it to you, but in the real world... where I live... there're only two kinds of love stories. Boy loses girl and girl loses boy. That's all there is. Somebody always gets left behind. You try to avoid that, you'll end up an old man toastin' yourself with egg nog in the mirror on Christmas Eve. You'll end up dying in your own arms."