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Leaving Las Vegas Details

1995 Certificate 18
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With LEAVING LAS VEGAS, director Mike Figgis spun critical gold out of what would appear to be a maudlin and hackneyed premise--a down-and-out drunk meets a hooker with a heart of gold. The reason for the film's success lies partly in its refusal to moralize, but mostly it is the strong performances of Nicholas Cage and .. Read more

Starring Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Steven Weber
Director Mike Figgis
Genres Drama

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Leaving Las Vegas

With LEAVING LAS VEGAS, director Mike Figgis spun critical gold out of what would appear to be a maudlin and hackneyed premise--a down-and-out drunk meets a hooker with a heart of gold. The reason for the film's success lies partly in its refusal to moralize, but mostly it is the strong performances of Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue that make the story believable and poignant. Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a Hollywood screenwriter who has become an alcoholic. After being fired, he takes his severance pay to Las Vegas, where he plans to drink himself to death. There he meets Sera (Shue), a streetwise prostitute who responds both to Ben's wild antics and to his absolute gentleness. What Sera needs most is to be needed, and Ben needs her a lot. Figgis uses his whole bag of tricks--Sera talks to the camera, the exteriors are shot in grainy 16mm--but finally it is the perfectly-conceived relationship between these two wounded people that drew the rave reviews. The film was based on a novel by John O'Brien.

Starring Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Steven Weber, Laurie Metcalf, Valeria Golino
Director Mike Figgis
Studio ELEVATION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
HD DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
HD DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released Production year: 1995

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HD DVD: 13 Aug 2007

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