Autumn in New York (2000)

Director:

Joan Chen

Writer (WGA):

Allison Burnett (written by)

Release Date:

11 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Tagline:

He fell in love for the first time... she fell in love forever.

Plot:

Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

Plot Keywords:

New York | May December Romance | Death | Terminal Illness | Pregnancy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some sensuality.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Denmark:A | Finland:K-7 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-8 (original rating) | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37569) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Charlotte is ice skating, Will says "The judges give it a 10! A perfect 10!" In the sport of figure skating, a perfect score is 6.0 - gymnastics is the sport where 10 is a perfect score.

Quotes:

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Getting Some Fun Out of Life

Not as bad as I heard, but not good

This film has been savaged by critics and it's easy to see why. The story is oooollllllddddd (young girl dying of an incurable disease) and some of the dialogue is beyond belief. But it is well-acted (Ryder and Gere give two of their best performances) and it looks beautiful. Basically the acting and photography kept me in my seat. Take those things away and it would probably be unwatchable. So, not too bad but not good either.