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Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death.
Feb 9, 1996 · With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis. Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Reviews. Leaving Las Vegas. Roger Ebert November 10, 1995. Tweet. Elisabeth Shue and Nicolas Cage. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Oh, this movie is so sad! It is sad not because of the tragic lives of its characters, but because of their goodness and their charity.
Apr 25, 2022. Aug 4, 2020. Rated: 3.5/5 • Aug 30, 2017. Adapted from the novel by John O'Brien, this acclaimed drama follows alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) as he drinks himself...
Synopsis. Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a Hollywood agent who has lost everything because of his alcoholism. He loses his job, his family, and decides to commit suicide by alcohol consumption in Las Vegas. After arriving, he meets Sera (Shue), a prostitute, and a deep friendship and understanding develops between them.
Apr 25, 2004 · Mike Figgis ' "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) is not a love story, although it feels like one, but a story about two desperate people using love as a form of prayer and a last resort against their pain. It is also a sad, trembling portrait of the final stages of alcoholism.
May 2, 2022 · 1.16M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. 283K views 1 year ago #MGM #LeavingLasVegas. Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas...
