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MOVIE · 1995

Leaving Las Vegas

DramaRomance112 min

Ben Sanderson is a Hollywood screenwriter who has lost his job and family to alcoholism when he arrives in Las Vegas with a blunt plan: drink himself to death. Nicolas Cage is Ben, moving through the city’s casinos and bars in a steady spiral, until he meets Sera, an escort who lives by her own rules. Elisabeth Shue brings warmth and caution to their connection, which begins with an uneasy agreement not to judge or try to save each other.

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