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- Release date: October 27, 1995
- Director: Mike Figgis
- Screenwriter: Mike Figgis
- Based on the novel of the same name by John O'Brien
- Producers: Lila Cazes and Annie Stewart
- Distributor: United Artists Films
- Director of Photography: Declan Quinn
- Music: Mike Figgis
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 112 minutes
- Domestic box office gross: $32,029,928 Box Office Mojo: Leaving Las Vegas Box Office
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Nicolas Cage won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of a self destructive Alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas.
Plot Summary
After losing his job and family, alcoholic Ben Sanderson (Nicholas Cage) goes to Las Vegas with the plan of literally drinking himself to death. He meets a prostitute named Sera (Elizabeth Shue), whose boyfriend/pimp has recently been murdered. Both desperate and lonely, the two find some degree of solace in each other's companionship.Cast
- Nicolas Cage: Ben Sanderson
- Elisabeth Shue: Sera
- Julian Sands: Yuri Butso
- Richard Lewis: Peter
- Valeria Golino: Terri
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