Film

Leaving Las Vegas

1995 · 1h 51m · Drama · Romance

I love you... The way you are.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

82

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.

Nicolas Cage

Ben Sanderson

Elisabeth Shue

Sera

Julian Sands

Yuri

Richard Lewis

Peter

Steven Weber

Marc Nussbaum

Kim Adams

Sheila

Emily Procter

Debbie

Stuart Regen

Man At Bar

Valeria Golino

Terri

Graham Beckel

L.A. Bartender

Albert Henderson

Man at Strip Bar

Shashi Bhatia

Hispanic Prostitute

Carey Lowell

Bank Teller

Anne Lange

Business Colleague

Thomas Kopache

Mr. Simpson

Vincent Ward

Businessman 1

• Mike FiggisDirector · Screenplay · Original Music Composer
• John O'BrienNovel
• Lila CazèsProducer
• Annie StewartProducer
• Stuart RegenExecutive Producer
• Paige SimpsonExecutive Producer
• Declan QuinnDirector of Photography
• John SmithEditor
• Carrie FrazierCasting

Official Restoration TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

October 27, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Budget

$3,600,000

Revenue

$49,800,000

Genres

Drama, Romance

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