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Synopsis: Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the semi-autobiographical novel Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic who has ended his personal and professional life to drink himself to death in Las Vegas. While there, he develops a relationship with a hardened prostitute played by Elisabeth Shue, which forms the center of the film. O'Brien committed suicide two weeks after principal photography of the film began.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: United Artists
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 30 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1995
111 min
1,984 Views


WEIRD WOMAN:

(strange voice)

Come here.

Sera walks over and something strange takes place between

them.

CUT TO:

10 INT. BEN�S BAR. LA - MORNING

The bar is dark but through a small window we see that it is

a very bright sunny day outside. The bartender reads the Los

Angeles Times. The bar surface is red vinyl. There are five

customers, all single men. One of them is Ben and he is

sitting at the bar watching TV. A game show is in progress

and the TV sound is loud. Ben finishes his drink and grimaces

before indicating to the barman that he�d like a repeat.

Barman pours him a whiskey - Cranberry - and the camera moves

in closer to Ben, ending in a close-up. Ben takes a big hit

from the drink and concentrates on the TV. We hear from the

TV sound that it is a word game with a big prize. Ben smiles

to himself.

BEN�S POV OF TV

The talk show hostess, an American TV beauty, is showing the

audience the prizes available in today�s game show.

ANGLE ON BEN:

As he finishes that drink and asks for another. The camera

moves in close on his eyes.

BEN�S POV OF TV

She turns from the prizes and looks straight into the TV

camera, which starts zooming into her. At first, what she is

saying makes complete sense, but then things change�

HOSTESS:

(smoky, sexy voice)

Just look at this studio,

Ben, filled with glamorous

merchandise, including an

extra special prize chosen

just for You! A big, bad, BMW

motorcycle, complete with

saddle bags stuffed with

thousands of US dollars.

�There are oohs� from the audience.

HOSTESS:

So, Ben,

(tosses her hair)

let�s find a bar, get drunk

and go for a ride.

The studio lights dim.

HOSTESS:

Then we can get a suite

somewhere and order up a case

of champagne while we f***

ourselves silly.

Close-up on males in the audience doing the grunt.

HOSTESS:

This is it, just for You,

Ben.

She unbuttons her top, licks her fingers and makes her

nipples hard.

HOSTESS:

Because You�ve been so

patient, and because I want

to f*** you, take care of

You, and because there�s

nothing else in the world

worth doing.

Section of the audience clapping - some women dabbing their

eyes.

HOSTESS:

Tell you what, Ben, let�s go

to Las Vegas. The bars stay

open twenty four hours night

and day. Just you, just me,

Ben, think about it, all

right?

ANGLE ON BEN:

Lost in his fantasy

BEN:

I�ll think about it.

He looks back at the screen, but the show has returned to

what is known as �normal�. He finishes his drink and then an

attack of nausea hit him. He takes a deep breath and rolls

his neck and his head. The barman puts down a fresh drink.

Ben looks at his own hands�which are steady.

BARMAN:

You should go on that show.

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Mike Figgis

Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer.[1] He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). more…

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