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Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the 1990 semi-autobiographical novel 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. Once there, he develops a romantic relationship with a prostitute.
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Image With Leaving Las Vegas, director Mike Figgis created an emotionally shocking American classic that remains as shocking now as it was when it first shocked audiences. At its tortured heart are two unique and unforgettable performances by Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue that deserve a place among the best in contemporary cinema. Cage gives free rein to his rawness and his wounds in the portrait of Sera,…More
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Nicolas Cage is one of the greatest actors of our times, very much because of his filmography including extremely diverse set of roles. This happened because of Cage’s legendary unwillingness to be particularly choosy about projects he would take part in, ranging from mainstream Hollywood blockbusters, unambitious low budget exploitation films to pretentious art dramas. Many such experiments, despite Cage’s, sometim…More
I'm not trying to knock Nick Cage too much. He was offered andopportunity to make millions every year making often-times rubbish movies and he took it. If someone offered me (and most people) the same deal they would take it. That being said, this film shows that Cage actually can act... sometimes. The story behind this is that Nick doesn't have super-human abilities, which must have been strange for him to ponder w…More