Leaving Las Vegas
I love you... The way you are.
Country
Production
Budget
$3 600 000
Box office
$49 800 000
Director
Actors
Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Kim Adams, Emily Procter, Stuart Regen, Valeria Golino, Graham Beckel
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Lila Cazès, Annie Stewart, Stuart Regen, Paige Simpson
Camera operator
Declan Quinn
Composer
Artist
Waldemar Kalinowski
Audition
Carrie Frazier
Editing
John Smith, Robin Le Chanu
Whole Team (108)
Whole Team (108)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film Ben and Sarah watch at the Round Year Hotel is "The Third Man" (1949).
- Director Mike Figgis played the trumpet and keyboard instruments while recording the soundtrack.
- Nicolas Cage got into character by consuming large amounts of alcohol and visiting specialized clinics. Elizabeth Shue spoke with prostitutes in Las Vegas.
- During filming, Nicolas Cage was supposed to drink alcohol to make his manner of speech more convincing.
- In the scene where Ben is packing, you can see his glass being emptied several times, and then refilled.
- Director Mike Figgis played the trumpet and keyboards during the recording of the soundtrack.
- Naomi Campbell appeared in episodes, but these shots were not included in the film.
- During filming, Nicolas Cage had to drink alcohol to make his manner of speaking more convincing.
- The scene where Ben walks through the supermarket with a shopping cart of bottles and whistles a tune was chosen by "Empire" magazine as the eighth greatest drunken scene in film history (2005).
- In the pool scene in the desert, the main character walks towards the pool, and there is no tattoo on his back, but a faint trace of it is visible. And after jumping into the water, the tattoo is already visible.
- Model Naomi Campbell appeared in some scenes, but this footage did not make it into the final film.
- In two scenes, a taxi appears with an ad on the roof for director Mike Figgis's company 'Red Mullet,' featuring his face.
- The Rolex watch worn by Ben is actually John O'Brien's own watch.
- Nicolas Cage got into character by consuming large amounts of alcohol and visiting specialized clinics. Elizabeth Shue spent time with prostitutes in Las Vegas.
- The Rolex watch worn by Ben are the actual watches of John O’Brien.
- The author John O'Brien, whose novel the film is based on, committed suicide two weeks after filming began.
- The author, John O’Brien, on whose novel the film is based, committed suicide two weeks after filming began.
- The movie that Ben and Sarah watch at the Year-Round Hotel is 'The Third Man' (1949).
- A taxi appears in two scenes, with an advertisement on the roof for director Mike Figgis' company "Red Mullet" and his face.
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