Leaving Las Vegas

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, 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

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

Reviews

Wuchak

_**Cage terminally drunk in Las Vegas with Elisabeth Shue and lots of jazz/blues**_ An alcoholic in Los Angeles (Nicolas Cage) cashes out of the film industry and moves to Las Vegas to apparently drink himself to death. He meets a prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) with whom he has a welcome affinity an...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A dense film, difficult to see, but one that should be seen, especially by young people who think that getting drunk is relevant to a night of fun.** This film is based on the true story of a man who lost his will to live after a complicated divorce and the end of his personal and professional ...

CinemaSerf

Is there any profession portrayed in cinema more likely to be an obnoxious alcoholic than an Hollywood screen writer? Well that's what "Ben" (Nicolas Cage) is and when he gets fired after one too many absences and foul-mouthed outbursts, he takes his redundancy cheque and his BMW and heads to Vegas....

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