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72% Critic Match
Leaving Las Vegas
“I love you... The way you are.”
7.2 / 10• 1995• 1h 51m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Nicolas Cage
Ben Sanderson
Lead
Elisabeth Shue
Sera
Julian Sands
Yuri
Laurie Metcalf
Landlady
Richard Lewis
Peter
Steven Weber
Marc Nussbaum
KA
Kim Adams
Sheila
Emily Procter
Debbie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Figgis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Leaving Las Vegas is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
