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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.
Nov 10, 1995 · 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, 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.
Oct 27, 1995 · Mike Figgis. Director, Screenplay. John O'Brien. Novel. 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.
Oct 27, 1995 · Summary After being fired, an alcoholic screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) takes his final paycheck to Las Vegas where he plans to drink himself to death. He comes in contact with a prostitute (Elizabeh Shue) who needs to be needed. Drama. Romance. Directed By: Mike Figgis. Written By: John O'Brien, Mike Figgis.
WATCH NOW. Nicolas Cage gives an Oscar-winning performance as an alcoholic screenwriter who hits rock bottom and decides to end it all by drinking himself to death in Sin City. Watch Leaving Las Vegas online at HBO.com. Stream on any device any time. Explore cast information, synopsis and more.
