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Leaving Las Vegas

Movie (1995)

Leaving Las Vegas – The sadly beautiful film based on the book of the same name by John O’Brian portrays two lonely people in society. Nicholas Cage won an Oscar for his performance as the alcoholic Ben Sanderson.

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Released:	Oct 27th, 1995
Budget:	$4,000,000.00
Revenue:	$49,800,000.00

Leaving Las Vegas Main Cast

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Nicolas Cage
plays Ben Sanderson

Elisabeth Shue
plays Sera

Julian Sands
plays Yuri

Richard Lewis
plays Peter

Steven Weber
plays Marc Nussbaum

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Besides composing the score for the film, director Mike Figgis also played the trumpet and keyboards on the film's soundtrack.
Movie Goof (continuity error): Ben drinks from his beer when he is giving Sera the earrings. In the next shots the beer is full again.
To get ready for his role, Nicolas Cage would film himself drunk to study his speech patterns.
Movie Goof (continuity error): The toilet paper is folded when Sera first sits down to urinate. The next shot of her sitting on the toilet shows that the toilet paper isn't folded any more.

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