Gere and Ryder: falling in New York

Autumn in New York
Production: Amy Robinson, Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg for Lakeshore Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Director: Joan Chen.
Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Sherry Stringfield, Vera Farmiga.
Started: September 21, 1999. New York.
Subject: Charismatic and confident, Will Keane (Gere) is a highly successful New York restaurant owner in an age in which restaurants are the last word in chic. But his carefully controlled life is thrown into chaos when he meets and falls in love with the beautiful but unpredictable Charlotte Fielding (Ryder).
International distribution: Lakeshore International.

Best of Amis: Nyman and Marshall.

Martin Amis Project
Production: Richard Holmes and Neil Peplow for Gruber Films.
Director: William Marsh.
Cast: Charlie Condou, Paul Bettany, Katy Carmichael, Alexandra Gilbreath, Cristian Solimeno, William Marsh, Olivia Williams, Andy Nyman, Kris Marshall.
Started: August 31, 1999. London.
Subject: Based on Martin Amis’ novel Dead Babies, the new film from the producers of Waking Ned is a biting comedy about a group of friends who live in a rambling old house just outside London. But, as a group of Americans arrive as weekend guests and a millennial movement begins to commit random acts of violence around the world, the calm of their existence is rudely shattered.
International distribution: Overseas Film Group.

Dreyfuss: teller of tales.

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Production: Michelle de Broca for Pandora.
Director: Rolf de Heer.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Cathy Tyson, Hugo Weaving, Timothy Spall.
Started: October 11, 1999. French Guyana.
Subject: A magic-realist tale based on the novel by Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda and set in the Amazon rainforest. Antonio (Dreyfuss) is a semi-recluse who lives in a remote village, where his main passion is telling romantic stories. But, when intruders kill a jaguar’s cubs and the animal begins to take revenge on the villagers, Antonio has to return to the jungle and test himself against the enraged animal.
International distribution: Pandora.