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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.Product Identifiers
UPC0883904232094
eBay Product ID (ePID)101755331
Product Key Features
ActorElisabeth Shue, Nicolas Cage
RatingNR
EditionUnrated
Movie/TV TitleLeaving Las Vegas
DirectorMike Figgis
FormatBlu-ray Disc
Release Year2011
GenreDrama
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display FormatUnrated
Leading RoleElisabeth Shue, Nicolas Cage
Release Date20110510
Film CountryUSA