Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Country: US
Technical: col 112m
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
Synopsis:
An alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter goes to Vegas to drink himself to death, enlisting the company and passive assistance of a prostitute.
Review:
What could have been an embarrassing actor/director wallow actually works. The characters catch our interest and sympathy, Figgis somehow manages to rein in his star's legendary capacity for excess, and delivers some eye-catching visuals amid the predominant mood of sweet melancholy.
Country: US
Technical: col 112m
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
Synopsis:
An alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter goes to Vegas to drink himself to death, enlisting the company and passive assistance of a prostitute.
Review:
What could have been an embarrassing actor/director wallow actually works. The characters catch our interest and sympathy, Figgis somehow manages to rein in his star's legendary capacity for excess, and delivers some eye-catching visuals amid the predominant mood of sweet melancholy.
Country: US
Technical: col 112m
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
Synopsis:
An alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter goes to Vegas to drink himself to death, enlisting the company and passive assistance of a prostitute.
Review:
What could have been an embarrassing actor/director wallow actually works. The characters catch our interest and sympathy, Figgis somehow manages to rein in his star's legendary capacity for excess, and delivers some eye-catching visuals amid the predominant mood of sweet melancholy.