Leaving Las Vegas

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drama film film romantic drama film

Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 drama film about a self-destructive alcoholic screenwriter who forms a tragic relationship with a Las Vegas sex worker, noted for Nicolas Cage’s Oscar-winning performance.

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Leaving Las Vegas canonical 8
Leaving Las Vegas (novel) 2
Leaving Las Vegas (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
awardWinner Nicolas Cage ⓘ
baftaWin Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nicolas Cage) ⓘ
basedOn Leaving Las Vegas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leaving Las Vegas (novel)
basedOnAuthor John O'Brien ⓘ
cinematographyBy Declan Quinn ⓘ
countryOfFilming United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
director Mike Figgis ⓘ
distributedBy MGM/UA Communications Co. ⓘ
surface form: MGM/UA Distribution Co.

United Artists ⓘ
editedBy John Smith ⓘ
filmingLocation Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
genre drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
romance ⓘ
goldenGlobeWin Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Nicolas Cage) ⓘ
leadActorRole Elisabeth Shue as Sera ⓘ
Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson ⓘ
mainCharacter Ben Sanderson ⓘ
Sera ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Mike Figgis ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
nominee Elisabeth Shue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A suicidal alcoholic screenwriter moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death and forms a tragic relationship with a sex worker. ⓘ
portrays alcoholism ⓘ
prostitution ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
productionCompany Initial Entertainment Group ⓘ
Lumiere Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1995-10-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1995 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Mike Figgis ⓘ
settingLocation Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas
starring Elisabeth Shue ⓘ
Julian Sands ⓘ
Nicolas Cage ⓘ
Richard Lewis ⓘ
Valeria Golino ⓘ
subjectMatter addiction ⓘ
suicide ⓘ

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Mariska Hargitay → film → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Nicolas Cage → notableWork → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Nicolas Cage → awardReceivedFor → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Elisabeth Shue → notableWork → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Elisabeth Shue → role → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sera in Leaving Las Vegas
Elisabeth Shue → awardNominationForWork → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Declan Quinn → workedOn → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Julian Sands → notableWork → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
Leaving Las Vegas → sharesTitleWith → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leaving Las Vegas (novel)
Leaving Las Vegas → sharesTitleWith → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leaving Las Vegas (film)
Coppola family → notableWork → Leaving Las Vegas ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicolas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas → basedOn → Leaving Las Vegas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leaving Las Vegas (novel)