Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

  • Director: Mike Figgis
  • Writer: John O'Brien,Mike Figgis
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Russian
  • Release date: February 9, 1996
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Adiós a Las Vegas
  • "Leaving Las Vegas" is a romantic movie directed by Mike Figes and starring Nicolas Kim Coppola , Elisabeth Shue , Danny Huston , Julian Sands, etc.
    The film is adapted from John O'Brien's novel "Leaving Las Vegas" of the same name   . It tells the story of a frustrated playwright who went to Las Vegas to drink and died. The   film was released in the United States on October 27, 1995.

    Details

    • Release date February 9, 1996
    • Filming locations Cock & Bull Pub - 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Production companies Lumiere Pictures, Initial Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,600,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $32,029,928

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $70,864

    Gross worldwide

    $32,029,928

    Movie reviews

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    • By Maiya 2022-12-30 17:34:47

      See the story from the heroine's point of view

      The reason why the heroine falls in love with him is not only because life is hard and lonely, and needs company and comfort, because his time is short, and there is no positive help for life. He is attracted by the male protagonist, and the internal motivation is that she herself is also identifying and sliding towards this nothingness. However, she can still have love, and she has not become a complete nothingness like the male protagonist, which shows that she still has some inner...

    • By Brittany 2022-12-26 11:26:19

      A true portrayal of the abandoned group, who saved it

      Sex, alcohol and prostitutes are the deepest imprints on the entire film. A decadent and desolate life, a man addicted to alcohol, a prostitute with strong needs. Lots of porn and the occasional order of money, abuse, gambling.
          The director seems to want to sink himself into a psychedelic state. There are always some messy interspersed in the reasonable stacking, and the heroine's dialogues are inadvertently and do not know when and where, and there is no escape. The disappearance of...

    • By Evelyn 2022-12-26 07:01:54

      visible despair

      In the past, I always felt that the expressive ability of the film is reflected in the performance of sound, light, scenery, etc. For many stories that express the heart and emotions, the expressive ability of the film is always inferior to the original.

      But after watching this movie, my opinion changed a lot.

      When I first watched it, I felt very uncomfortable, and even complained very much in my heart to the colleague who recommended this film to me, how could it be such a...

    • By General 2022-12-24 10:12:26

      "Falling" love

      The two people's desperate but warm love for each other in an abnormal state is a version of the "all-out" love that exhausts this life.

      The male protagonist is an alcoholic and a writer. After being fired by his boss, he decides to give up, sell or burn it down, dispose of all his belongings, and go to Las Vegas with all but a small amount of cash, check into a small hotel whole year inn, and prepare to spend All of them, drink himself to death within a period of time that he...

    • By Deshawn 2022-12-18 08:23:54

      Study of love.

      Only falling. Can't see sunshine and hope, just like Requiem for a Dream.

      Some favorite words:

      I am tired of being alone. That's what I'm tired of .
      I hope you understand that I'm a person who is totally ease with it.
      Which is not to say that I'm indifferent or I don't care. I do.
      It simply means I trust and accept...

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    • By Luisa 2023-09-03 14:19:02

      When two people lick each other's wounds, the pain makes love more real and loneliness more...

    • By Garrick 2023-08-04 02:29:37

      soon or later~we ought to...

    • By Vanessa 2023-07-28 08:01:21

      what exactly is a match made in...

    • By Kadin 2023-07-22 09:03:26

      I listened to Lan Yibang's "Leaving Las Vegas" first, and I also looked forward to their happy appearance at the end of the film, but the fact was not as expected. I think the director's view of love may be that love is not about change and redemption. It is understanding tolerance and...

    • By Tianna 2023-07-14 05:18:55

      Ben dies at the beginning of the movie, Sera just slows down the process of dying. And when Ben realizes this, he deliberately finds another prostitute to leave Sera. The director's ingenious place is to leave two blanks. The first is what happened to make Ben want to die, and the second is the end of the film, whether Ben is dead or not. Of course, that doesn't really matter to this desperate...

    Movie plot

    Originally a famous Hollywood screenwriter ( Nicolas Kim Coppola ) , he was drunk due to frustration and lived a depressed life. He had no will to survive. He just wanted to be drunk and stay awake. After being expelled from the production company, he sold everything and carried it. Cash, single to Las Vegas. Not to find new opportunities, nor to re-behave, but to continue drinking until death in a few weeks. On the way to...
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    Behind the scenes

    1. Nicolas Kim Coppola also drank wildly in order to play this role and went to the hospital to visit alcoholics. Elizabeth Shu met some prostitutes and chatted with them in a strip club in Las Vegas.
    2. John Obrian, the author of the original novel of the film, committed suicide two weeks after filming started. Director Mike Feggis once wanted to abandon the filming plan, but later decided that the film was the best memorial to O'Brien...
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    Evaluation action

    "Leaving Las Vegas" is a sad and almost desperate work. The film shows the emotion of "finding a reason not to live". The scenes, plots and characters all seem to be wandering in the bustling night scene in a trance-like manner, making Las Vegas like a dream-like fallen city. (Northern Net Review   )
    The film has no ups and downs of plot, it is not its responsibility to expose the darkness of society, nor does it emphasize the dangers...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ben Sanderson: I need my drinky.

    • Ben Sanderson: [to Sera as he is dying] See how hard you make me, angel?

    • Ben Sanderson: I'll tell you, right now... I'm in love with you. But, be that as it may, i am not here to force my twisted soul into your life.