Leaving Las Vegas
Released Date
October 27, 1995
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Genre
Romance
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$32,029,928 + $0 = $32,029,928
$32,029,928 + $0 = $32,029,928
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
About
An alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death when he meets and falls in love with a prostitute.
Trivia
The film is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Ben Sanderson.