Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film about a relationship between a suicidal alcoholic and a prostitute in Las Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. Ben Sanderson is a Los Angeles screenwriter whose alcoholism costs him his career and family. Terminating all personal and professional ties to his L.A. existence, he drives off to Las Vegas, where alcohol is available from many sources at all hours, to drink himself to death. There he meets Sera, a pretty but hardened prostitute. The film was directed and written by Mike Figgis, based on a semi-autobiographical novel by John O'Brien. Two weeks after the production of the film had started, O'Brien committed suicide. A halt of the project was considered, but work on the film was continued as a tribute to the author.
Glumačka postava:
Nicolas Cage
Elisabeth Shue
Julian Sands
Richard Lewis
Valeria Golino
Plot:
Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Anderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlYWZgCIgo
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