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Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

I love you... The way you are.

19957.21h 51m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mike Figgis
Written by Mike Figgis, John O'Brien
Produced by Lila Cazès, Annie Stewart
Box OfficeBudget: $3.6MRevenue: $49.8M

Top Cast

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Ben Sanderson

Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue

Sera

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Yuri

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis

Peter

Steven Weber

Steven Weber

Marc Nussbaum

K

Kim Adams

Sheila

Emily Procter

Emily Procter

Debbie

S

Stuart Regen

Man At Bar

Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

Terri

Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

L.A. Bartender

Themes & Keywords

hotel roomdying and deathindividualprostitutelovesicknessrage and hatecasinounsociabilityalcohollove at first sightmovie businessscreenwriteralcoholismlos angeles, californialas vegasalcohol abusedramaticdepressingtragic

About Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas is a drama, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of hotel room, dying and death, individual, prostitute, lovesickness, rage and hate. Directed by Mike Figgis, it stars Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands. 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.

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