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- John O’Brien Killed Himself Before The Film Began production.
- Nicolas Cage Honored O’Brien in His Own way.
- It Was Shot on 16mm Instead of 35mm Film.
- People Were Skeptical of The Casting of Elisabeth Shue.
- Cage Spoke to Many Alcoholics For Research.
- Liquor Companies Didn’T Want to Be Associated with The Film.
- Naomi Campbell Bailed at The Last minute.
- Cage Sang Wagner.
- The Director Also Composed The Soundtrack.
- Lou Rawls' Singing Was Cut.
John O’Brien’s father described his son’s 1990 novel as his suicide note. Nicolas Cage said it was “bittersweet”that the author, who was 33 years old when he died, never got to see the film based on his novel—and life.
Cage told Roger Eberthe found it “creepy” that while he played Ben Sanderson, he unknowingly ended up wearing the same watch and driving the same model BMW as O’Brien. The late author’s family informed him of the coincidence on set.
Though 35 millimeter film was the norm for mainstream movies, 16 millimeter was a cheaper option, which was necessary because of Leaving Las Vegas's tiny $3.5 million budget. Cage said having a 16mm camera in his face was less intimidating and made him less tensethan when he dealt with 35mm cameras.
Shue was known for her work on more lightweight films like The Karate Kid (1984) and Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Figgis said people told him"You've lost your marbles" when he cast Shue in such a serious movie. She later was nominated for an Oscar for playing Sera.
He also watched four movies: The Lost Weekend, Days of Wine and Roses, Arthur, and Under the Volcano. Figgis called Albert Finney, star of Under the Volcano, on Cage’s behalf to ask if Finney was actually drunk when he acted in the film. Finney said that would have been impossible. Actor-comedian Richard Lewis (Peter)—who himself is a recovering al...
For obvious reasons, bottle labels had to be changed or reversed. Figgis teased that "one very famous beer company offered us free booze not to put their label in the film."
The supermodel was supposed to play the hooker at the bar who Ben takes back to his and Sera’s apartment. At the last minute, a pre-SVUMariska Hargitay agreed to replace Campbell, who dropped out to promote her album.
“For some reason or another,”Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal” came out of Cage’s heart—and mouth—while shooting a gambling scene.
Mike Figgis composed the jazz instrumentals and provided the trumpet and keyboards himself. He also appears in the film twice: Once as the mobster at the gas station and once as the lounge singer in a taxi ad.
The three-time R&B vocal Grammy winner played the concerned cab driver. He sang “Stormy Monday” in the cab before he talked to Sera, but Figgis cut it for seemingtoo “self-indulgent” when it came time for editing.
Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death.
May 20, 2024 · Like Mike Figgis, Nicolas Cage appears to have regarded not being paid for Leaving Las Vegas as water under the bridge when considering the doors that opened as a result of the acclaim he'd...
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Mar 15, 2024 · At the SXSW earlier this week, Nicolas Cage agreed with his Leaving Las Vegas writer-director’s reveal on The Hollywood Reporter ‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast that he was never paid...
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Mar 15, 2024 · “Leaving Las Vegas” writer and director Mike Figgis, in a 2022 interview for The Hollywood Reporter’s “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast, revealed that he and Cage weren’t paid $100,000 fees for the film.
