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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. He loads a supply of liquor and beer into his BMW and gets drunk as he drives from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Oct 27, 2015 · On the 20th anniversary of the film's release, here are some life-affirming facts about Leaving Las Vegas. 1. JOHN O’BRIEN KILLED HIMSELF BEFORE THE FILM BEGAN PRODUCTION. John O’Brien’s...
Feb 13, 2009 · For all Ms. Shue's warmth, in the kind of gutsy, unflinching role that often goes to Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Leaving Las Vegas" never rings entirely true as a bleak love story. Ben clings to Sera...
Aug 20, 2023 · The 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, tells a haunting story of alcoholism and tragedy.
Oct 27, 2015 · Twenty years ago, on October 27, a man named Ben decided to ditch his writer life in Los Angeles and move to Las Vegas, where he would spend four weeks drinking himself to death. While there,...
Nov 5, 1995 · It's the morning after the world premiere of "Leaving Las Vegas" at the Toronto Film Festival in September, and I am still under the spell of this remarkable film. It stars Nicolas Cage as a man who loses his family and his job, and moves to Las Vegas with the intention of drinking himself to death.
Oct 28, 2015 · On April 10, 1994, Leaving Las Vegas author John O'Brien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 33 years old. He was not the character in his book....
Nov 10, 1995 · On April 10, 1994, shortly before the film version of his 1990 novel Leaving Las Vegas —starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue—began preproduction, O'Brien's tale ended when he put a gun to...
Dec 29, 2020 · December 29, 2020. From classic literature like Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” to the Safdie brothers’ “Uncut Gems,” self-destruction has long been a common artistic trope. Mike Figgis brings his...
Dec 17, 1995 · The story Leaving Las Vegas is about a down on his luck writer, Ben Sanderson, in Los Angeles that is deep in the throes of alcoholism. Ben is enticed to move to Las Vegas by the city’s 24-hour easy access to alcohol.
