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
60
Nicolas Cage

as Ben Sanderson

60
Elisabeth Shue

as Sera

68
Laurie Metcalf

as Landlady

55
Emily Procter

as Debbie

63
Steven Weber

as Marc Nussbaum

76
Richard Lewis

as Peter

66
Julian Sands

as Yuri Butso

58
Valeria Golino

as Terri

78
Thomas Kopache

as Mr. Simpson

About Leaving Las Vegas

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.