Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1995-10-27) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 32 wins & 30 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $32,029,928 |
| Screen: | John O'Brien, Mike Figgis |
| Productions: | Initial Productions, Lumière Pictures |
| Production Countries: | France, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano, Pусский |
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Casts
- 2963: Nicolas Cage - Ben Sanderson
- 1951: Elisabeth Shue - Sera
- 6104: Julian Sands - Yuri
- 6105: Richard Lewis - Peter
- 6106: Steven Weber - Marc Nussbaum
- 6107: Kim Adams - Sheila
- 6108: Emily Procter - Debbie
Crews
- 6111: Mike Figgis - Director - Directing
- 6111: Mike Figgis - Screenplay - Writing
- 6113: Lila Cazès - Producer - Production
- 6114: Marc S. Fischer - Line Producer - Production
- 6109: Stuart Regen - Executive Producer - Production
- 6115: Paige Simpson - Executive Producer - Production
- 6116: Annie Stewart - Producer - Production
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Reviews
Wuchak
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_**Cage terminally drunk in Las Vegas with Elisabeth Shue and lots of jazz/blues**_ An alcoholic in Los Angeles (Nicolas Cage) cashes out of the film industry and moves to Las Vegas to apparently drink himself to death. He meets a prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) with whom he has a wel ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**A dense film, difficult to see, but one that should be seen, especially by young people who think that getting drunk is relevant to a night of fun.** This film is based on the true story of a man who lost his will to live after a complicated divorce and the end of his personal a ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Is there any profession portrayed in cinema more likely to be an obnoxious alcoholic than an Hollywood screen writer? Well that's what "Ben" (Nicolas Cage) is and when he gets fired after one too many absences and foul-mouthed outbursts, he takes his redundancy cheque and his BMW and ....
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