Autumn in New York

'Autumn in New York' is an American romantic drama directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder. The release of the film was controversial because ir confronted its director with the distributor, MGM, who edited a new version of the movie against the director's opinion which, according to the first party, worked worse in the tests.

The movie follows Will Keane (Gere) a middle-aged womanizer restaurateur who feels attracted by Charlotte Fielding (Rider), a client on his restaurant the day she is celebrating her 22nd birthday. He soon discovers she has a grave heart illness and doctors have only given her a year to live. However, Will falls in love with Charlotte.

Will also discovers he has an illegitimate daughter he had never met which irrupts in his life, married and pregnant. An infidelity makes Charlotte stay away from Will, but he insists to get back together when she is given only a few days to live. Will then uses all his influences and money to try to find a doctor able to save Charlotte's life.

'Autumn in New York' was destroyed by critics and Richard Gere and Winona Ryder nominated to a Razzie Award for worst onscreen couple. However, the film was a modest commercial success, grossing approximately double its budget.