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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 2 EAN: 9780792838067 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792838068 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: D906997D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 01, 2000 Running Time: 112 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 1995 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: One of the most critically acclaimed films of 1995, this wrenchingly sad but extraordinarily moving drama provides an authentic, superbly acted portrait of two people whose lives intersect just as they've reached their lowest depths of despair. Ben (Nicolas Cage, in an Oscar-winning performance) is a former movie executive who's lost his wife and family in a sea of alcoholic self-destruction. He's come to Las Vegas literally to drink himself to death, and that's when he meets Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a prostitute who falls in love with him--and he with her--despite their mutual dead-end existence. They accept each other as they are, with no attempts by one to change the other, and this unconditional love turns Leaving Las Vegas into a somber yet quietly beautiful love story. Earning Oscar nominations for Best Director (Mike Figgis), Best Adapted Screenplay (Figgis, from John O'Brien's novel) and Best Actress (Shue), the film may strike some as relentlessly bleak and glacially paced, but attentive viewers will readily discover the richness of these tragic characters and the exceptional performances that bring them to life. (In a sad echo of his own fiction, novelist John O'Brien committed suicide while this film was in production.) The DVD features uncut, unrated footage that was not included in the film's theatrical release. --Jeff Shannon Description: Best Actor OscarÂ(r) winner* Nicolas Cage and Best Actress nominee* Elisabeth Shue set the screen ablaze in this profoundly moving love story. Nominated* for two additional Academy AwardsÂ(r)Director and Adapted Screenplaythis emotionally charged powerhouse of a film graced over 100 10 Best Lists including Roger Ebert's #1 Movie of the Year. Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a career alcoholic who has hit rock bottom. Trashing all personal and professional ties to his L.A. existence, he sets off for the lights of Vegas on a mission: to drink himself to death. There he meets Sera (Shue), a beautiful, seen-it-all hooker. From the moment Ben and Sera connect, they form a unique bond based upon unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of themforever. In the words of David Thompson of Los Angeles Magazine, Leaving Las Vegas is a masterpiece. *1995 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It may go down smooth, but it burns when it hits your heart...I just want to say this right off the bat; I honestly think that 1995 has seriously got to be one of the greatest years of film in recent history. There are just so many cinematic gems to be found within that particular year, and `Leaving Las Vegas' is truly one of them. I will admit that I was skeptical at first. I am not a fan of Nicholas Cage, not in the least. He is a very mannered, `actorly' type of an actor; you know the type that always appears to be acting. I prefer my actors to sink ... Read More Rating: - kling klang king of the rim ram roomLeaving Las Vegas is an Oscar winning movie that takes what should be repulsive material and spins it into gold. The story is about an alcoholic who goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, and while there he forges a strong relationship with a prostitute. Nicolas Cage won the Oscar for this role, and he really deserved it. Sometimes he makes you laugh with his drunken antics, but often times you absolutely cringe. His drunken attempts at picking up women in bars are really pathetic. The woman ... Read More Rating:  - The obviousness of the plot made me less sad - 3.5 starsCage and Shue perform wonderfully together and with deep respect for their characters' loneliness and vortex of loss. The movie succeeds both as a love story and a tragedy. All of it is summed up when Ben (Cage) looks up to Sera (Shue) and says, "You can never, never ask me to stop drinking. Do you understand?" Ben's face captures the certainty of the proximity of his mortality and the eternity of his sadness: This is not an overstatement. The movie is that sad. Yet I am annoyed by the ... Read More Rating: - Overrated actingI was shocked that Nicholas Cage actually won a Best Actor award for his performance in this film. Cage is not a very strong actor and all he did was simply act drunk throughout the entire film; 1995 most have been a pretty slow year. The screenplay wasn't bad although it was a little cheesy. Worth renting, but not buying. Rating:  - Overrated in the extremeLeaving Las Vegas was a movie that seemed like it wanted to be a romance featuring scarred characters with fatal flaws but ended up falling in love with little more than its soundtrack. A really good movie does fall in love with its characters, creating people that we can care about, and in this film, only Sera, played brilliantly by Elizabeth Shue, won my affection. Basically, it's the story about an alcoholic named Ben (played by Nicholas Cage, who is either very very good, or very very bad) who goes ... Read More |
