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Feb 9, 1996 · Leaving Las Vegas: Directed by Mike Figgis. 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.
- Mike Figgis
- 406
- 3 min
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.
- $49.8 million
- Anthony Marinelli, Mike Figgis
- $3.5–4 million
Nov 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. What moves me the most in movies is not when something bad happens, but when characters act unselfishly.
Adapted from the novel by John O'Brien, this acclaimed drama follows alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) as he drinks himself into oblivion in Las Vegas.
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- Mike Figgis
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- Nicolas Cage
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Novel. Mike Figgis. Screenplay. 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.
Elisabeth Shue. Sera. Julian Sands. Yuri. Richard Lewis. Peter. Valeria Golino. Terri. Graham Beckel. Bartender. R. Lee Ermey. Conventioneer. Laurie Metcalf. Landlady. David Brisbin. Landlord....
