Leaving Las Vegas

Oct 27, 1995

1h 51m

★ 7.2

I love you... The way you are.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Initial Productions

Lumière Pictures

Leaving Las Vegas Trailers

Cast

Ben Sanderson

Nicolas Cage

Sera

Elisabeth Shue

Yuri

Julian Sands

Peter

Richard Lewis

Marc Nussbaum

Steven Weber

Sheila

Kim Adams

Debbie

Emily Procter

Man At Bar

Stuart Regen

Terri

Valeria Golino

L.A. Bartender

Graham Beckel

Man at Strip Bar

Albert Henderson

Hispanic Prostitute

Shashi Bhatia

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