Drama ·Romance · France · 1995 · 1h 51m

Leaving Las Vegas

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Director
Mike Figgis
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
Crew
Declan Quinn — Director of Photography John Smith — Editor Mike Figgis — Original Music Composer Mike Figgis — Screenplay John O'Brien — Novel Lila Cazès — Producer
Tagline

I love you... The way you are.

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
hotel roomdying and deathindividualprostitutelovesicknessrage and hatecasinounsociabilityalcohollove at first sightmovie businessscreenwriter
Key Collaborators
Mike Figgis Director Declan Quinn Director of Photography John Smith Editor Mike Figgis Original Music Composer Mike Figgis Screenplay John O'Brien Novel Lila Cazès Producer Annie Stewart Producer Waldemar Kalinowski Production Design
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