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Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the 1990 semi-autobiographical novel by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death.
O'Brien died from suicide (self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) at his Beverly Hills apartment on April 10, 1994, [9] two weeks after signing away the rights to adapt his novel, Leaving Las Vegas. His father and book critics said that the novel was his suicide note, while his sister, Erin O'Brien, thought the book was "the beautiful poetic ...
Leaving Las Vegas is a semi-autobiographical 1990 novel by John O'Brien. The novel was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name, ...
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Director: Mike Figgis - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Metascore: 82 - Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes. When Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) loses everything and decides to drink ...
The Oscar-winning actor, who has starred in films include National Treasure and Leaving Las Vegas, said he is “concerned” about how his image might be used when he dies. “I’m thinking a ...
Nicolas Cage has been in well over 100 movies, including Valley Girl, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Con Air, Face/Off and many more. But only one of his films evokes so much ...
During the nineties, she appeared in much smaller roles including Mr. Jones with Richard Gere, and Leaving Las Vegas, with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, as well as Grace of My Heart. In 1996, she had a supporting role in the Tom Holland's horror film Thinner, which was based on the book by Stephen King.
Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1969) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career at a young age, making her feature film debut at age 11 in Annie (1982). A few years later, she made her stage debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1984) and won a Drama-League Critics Award.