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Leaving Las Vegas, 1995

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue

Directed by: Mike Figgis

Written by: John O'Brien

Language: English, Russian

Country: France, USA, UK

Runtime: 111 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.6

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Leaving Las Vegas can be described as emotional, gloomy, and captivating. The plot revolves around a downfall, alcohol abuse, and a prostitute. The main genres are drama and romance. In terms of style, Leaving Las Vegas is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Leaving Las Vegas is located in Las Vegas. It takes place in the 1990s. The soundtrack is jazz. Leaving Las Vegas has received attention for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves sexual content and violent content.

Summary of 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.

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Language:	English, Russian
Country:	France, USA, UK
Release date:	27 October 1995
Runtime:	111 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

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Nicolas Cage for Best Actor at the 1995 Academy Awards

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

At best, Leaving Las Vegas is pure alchemy -- it makes of flawed humanity a hymn, and of forlorn hope a beacon. Full Review

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by: Rick Groen

San Francisco Chronicle

Cage's great performance is matched by Shue, who becomes the focus by the middle of the picture. Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

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Great movie about addiction

The acting in this movie was excellent. It is entertaining, so long as you are open minded. It teaches a good lesson about self destruction. Cage is killing himself quickly with alcohol, but I think people who smoke or drink a little less can see... Read and rate it

04.April.2012
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by: Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith rated this movie10/10Must See

I really love this movie but it was the beginning of the end for Nicolas Cage. It was before I caught on to his quiet, THEN LOUD, then quiet acting trick. I'm starting to take stars away from movies I thought I liked because Nicolas Cage is so... Read and rate it

05.September.2010
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by: ColumboFan
ColumboFan rated this movie0/10

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