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Leaving Las Vegas
''Leaving Las Vegas'' is a 1995 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on a semi-autobiographical novel of the same name 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.
''Leaving Las Vegas'' was filmed in super 16mm instead of 35 mm film; while 16 mm is common for art house films, 35 mm is most commonly used for mainstream film. After limited release in the United States on October 27 1995, ''Leaving Las Vegas'' was released nationwide on February 9 1996, receiving strong praise from both critics and audiences. Cage received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actor, while Shue was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
== Plot ==
Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a Hollywood screenwriter whose alcoholism costs him his job, family, and friends. With nothing left to live for, he moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. As he drives drunkenly down the Las Vegas Strip, he nearly hits a woman, Sera (Shue), on the crosswalk. Sera chastises him and walks away. Sera is a prostitute working for an abusive pimp, Yuri Butso (Julian Sands), a Latvian immigrant. Polish mobsters are after Yuri, so he breaks his relationship with Sera in fear that the Poles may hurt her. Yuri is murdered (off-screen) shortly afterwards.
On his second day in Las Vegas, Ben meets Sera, introduces himself and offers $500 to go to his room for an hour. Sera agrees but Ben does not want sex. Instead, they only talk and form a bizarre romantic relationship. They move in together shortly afterward. Ben instructs Sera to never ask him to stop drinking. Sera reciprocates and instructs Ben to not criticize her occupation. At first the two are stable as Ben is "totally at ease with this (Sera's prostitution)". However, each becomes frustrated with the other's behavior. Sera begs Ben to see a doctor. Furious, Ben returns to their shared home with another prostitute (Mariska Hargitay). Sera returns home and throws Ben out. Shortly afterward, while working, she is approached by three college students at the Excalibur hotel and casino. She initially rejects their offer by stating that she only "dates" one at a time, but eventually acquiesces when she is offered an increased price. When she enters their hotel room, the college students change the deal and request anal sex, which Sera refuses. When she attempts to leave, she is brutally attacked and raped as one of the college students films the entire event on a video camera. The next morning, Sera returns with injuries that make her occupation obvious, resulting in her eviction. She then receives a call from Ben, who is on his deathbed. Sera visits Ben and he dies while they make love. His last word is "wow". In the final scene, Sera explains to her therapist that she accepted Ben for who he was, liked his drama, and loved him.
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