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32 wins & 30 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1996 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Nicolas Cage. 1996 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Elisabeth Shue. 1996 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Mike Figgis. 1996 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Mike Figgis.
5 hours ago · At the time, Figgis said Leaving Las Vegas' studio claimed the movie never made a profit, though Box Office Mojo shows the film made $32 million at the domestic box office. THR reported at the ...
Oct 31, 2019 · Looking Back At ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ & Nicolas Cage’s Oscar-Winning Performance. written by Paul Heath Oct 31, 2019. United Artists/YouTube. 24 years ago this month, a new film from Mike...
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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.
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Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 American 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
Oct 5, 2022 · Mike Figgis, the director of Leaving Las Vegas, says Nicolas Cage was never paid the $100,000 he was promised for his Oscar-winning work on the film. Nicolas Cage was never paid for starring in Leaving Las Vegas, despite winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work on the film.
Feb 19, 2024 · Nicolas Cage's Oscar-winning role as alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas remains one of his best. Despite winning an Oscar for his performance, Cage was never paid...