Leaving Las Vegas

    • 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
  • 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.
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