Leaving Las Vegas
I love you... The way you are.
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.
- Director
- Mike Figgis
- Worldwide
- $50M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Leaving Las Vegas returned 13.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $50M
- Release date
- Oct 27, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
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