Leaving Las Vegas

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Mike Figgis

Producer:

Lila Cazès, Annie Stewart

Writer:

John O'Brien

Release Date:

Oct 27, 1995

Runtime:

1hr 51m

Synopsis

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage
  • Elisabeth Shue
  • Julian Sands
  • Richard Lewis
  • Steven Weber
  • Kim Adams
  • Emily Procter
  • Stuart Regen
  • Valeria Golino
  • Graham Beckel

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Feb 7, 2013

    >Nicolas Cage researched his character by binge drinking, and would film himself drunk to study his speech patterns. One of the great pains in my life is that I will never see this footage.

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    Marcissus
    Marcissus
    Oct 23, 2012

    This film kicks my teeth in in the most beautiful way every time I watch it. Whenever an artist manages to combine and contrast beauty and reality I'm always sucked in without reservation, often leaving me wrecked but smiling. Figgis, Cage and Shue made promises here…

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    DirkH
    DirkH
    Jan 1, 2014

    "Hey man, you want a drink?" "Nah, I just watched Leaving Las Vegas" "Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I'll see you around" "Maybe"

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    Harry Ridgway
    Harry Ridgway
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    Dec 30, 2016

    I'm not sure whether I relate more to the depressed lonely person or the depressed suicidal person here.

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    Sigfred Storstrand
    Sigfred Storstrand
    May 16, 2020

    Whenever Cage talks about acting in interviews, he talks about his desire to move away from naturalism, or to find a way to combine naturalism with the "expressionism" of silent-film acting. I get excited hearing him talk about these ideas, and then wonder if he uses his…

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    Will Sloan
    Will Sloan
    Jan 5, 2014

    With sincere apologies to Kent "The Beast of Brier" Beeson whose Beasts of the Southern Wild review this apes: Hey girl, sorry your physically abusive Latvian pimp was murdered by gangsters, your job entails demeaning yourself in public, you got kicked out of your…

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    laird
    laird
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    Feb 8, 2019

    miserable, and not in a profound way. I’ve never experienced a film less aware of what it is.

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    jourdain searles
    jourdain searles
    Feb 24, 2024

    [Mike Figgis chainsmoking in the edit room]: … put the Sting song in here too

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    Chris Feil
    Chris Feil
    Apr 30, 2022

    "You can never, ever, ask me to stop drinking. Do you understand?"  —————— "I do. I really do." This line and moment ring more true than any line or moment in any film about alcohol abuse in the history of cinema. This is the most depressing movie and it isn’t. The…

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    Ben Peterson
    Ben Peterson

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USER SCORE (252)

Universal acclaim based on 252 Reviews
63

Nicolas Cage gives one of the best performances of his strange, courageous career.

Metacritic review by G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Examiner
75

Deliberately downbeat, it's best as a two-person character study, stumbling a bit whenever it extends its parameters.

Metacritic review by Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Leaving Las Vegas (1995) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Leaving Las Vegas (1995)?
The movie is 1hr 51min long.
What's Leaving Las Vegas (1995) about?
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Who's the cast of Leaving Las Vegas (1995)?
  • Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson
  • Elisabeth Shue as Sera
  • Julian Sands as Yuri
  • Richard Lewis as Peter
  • Steven Weber as Marc Nussbaum
  • Kim Adams as Sheila
  • Emily Procter as Debbie
  • Stuart Regen as Man at Bar
  • Valeria Golino as Terri
  • Graham Beckel as L.A. Bartender
Who's the director behind Leaving Las Vegas (1995)?
Mike Figgis directed Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
Who produced Leaving Las Vegas (1995)?
Lila Cazès and Annie Stewart produced Leaving Las Vegas (1995).