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Leaving Las Vegas

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7.2/10 • 1.5K

1995-10-271h 51m

DramaRomance

I Love You... The Way You Are.

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Directors
Mike Figgis
Editors
John Smith

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  1. Nicolas Cage

    Nicolas Cage

    Ben Sanderson

  2. Elisabeth Shue

    Elisabeth Shue

    Sera

  3. Julian Sands

    Julian Sands

    Yuri

  4. Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis

    Peter

  5. Steven Weber

    Steven Weber

    Marc Nussbaum

  6. Kim Adams

    Kim Adams

    Sheila

  7. Emily Procter

    Emily Procter

    Debbie

  8. Stuart Regen

    Stuart Regen

    Man At Bar

  9. Valeria Golino

    Valeria Golino

    Terri

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Wuchak Avatar

Wuchak

Jun 13, 2021

6/10

Cage terminally drunk in Las Vegas with Elisabeth Shue and lots of jazz/blues An alcoholic in Los Angeles (Nicolas Cage) cashes out of the film industry and moves to Las Vegas to apparently drink himself to death. He meets a prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) with whom he has a welcome affinity and they develop a relationship of radical acceptance. "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) is one of those downbeat realistic dramas about lost souls in hopeless dissolution. It’s well-done for what it is and Shue’s beauty is effectively showcased despite the unappealing nature of her profession. And I understand the message of “loving” acceptance with no questions. Although it could be argued that true love refuses to enable people to destroy themselves and holds them accountable to some reasonable degree. A guy who was my best friend 20 years ago developed an alcohol problem that became increasingly glaring. He died recently, but I didn’t see him for the last four years of his life because I refused to see someone drink themselves to death. The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area (Burbank & Santa Monica) and Nevada (Las Vegas, Laughlin & Paradise). GRADE: B-/C+

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,600,000.00
Revenue
$49,800,000.00
Keywords
hotel roomdying and deathindividualprostitutelovesicknessrage and hatecasinounsociabilityalcohollove at first sightmovie businessscreenwriteralcoholismlos angeles, californialas vegasalcohol abusedramaticdepressingtragic