Leaving Las Vegas: Liebe bis in den Tod

Originaltitel: Leaving Las Vegas

1995
16
1 Std. 51 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

138.226

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.254

779

Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas: Liebe bis in den Tod (1995)

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

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Dark Romance Psychological Drama Steamy Romance Tragedy Tragic Romance Drama Romance

Ben Sanderson, ein Hollywood-Drehbuchautor, der wegen seines Alkoholismus alles verloren hat, kommt in Las Vegas an, um sich zu Tode zu trinken. Dort trifft er sich und bildet einen unbehagl... Alles lesenBen Sanderson, ein Hollywood-Drehbuchautor, der wegen seines Alkoholismus alles verloren hat, kommt in Las Vegas an, um sich zu Tode zu trinken. Dort trifft er sich und bildet einen unbehaglichen Freundschafts- und Nichteinmischungspakt mit der Prostituierten Sera.Ben Sanderson, ein Hollywood-Drehbuchautor, der wegen seines Alkoholismus alles verloren hat, kommt in Las Vegas an, um sich zu Tode zu trinken. Dort trifft er sich und bildet einen unbehaglichen Freundschafts- und Nichteinmischungspakt mit der Prostituierten Sera.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

138.226

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.254

779

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 32 Gewinne & 30 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Author John O'Brien, on whose novel this movie is based, committed suicide two weeks after the movie went into production. Director Mike Figgis contemplated abandoning the project, but decided the film would make a good memorial for O'Brien.

Patzer
Yuri is supposed to be swearing in Latvian on the phone. In fact, he speaks gibberish.

Zitate
Ben Sanderson: I don't know if I started drinking 'cause my wife left me or my wife left me 'cause I started drinking, but fuck it anyway.

Crazy Credits
The opening credits do not appear until fifteen minutes into the film.

Alternative Versionen
LaserDisc version is unrated and contains more sexually explicit footage. First pressings of the VHS versions also contained this footage but later pressings did not. The Unrated Edition has also been released on DVD and runs 112 min.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Vampire in Brooklyn/Mighty Aphrodite/Copycat/Leaving Las Vegas/Never Talk to Strangers (1995)

Soundtracks
Angel Eyes
Written by Matt Dennis and Earl K. Brent
Performed by Sting
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.

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Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Possibly one of the greatest performances ever

Nic Cage is hit and miss with me. This is him at his best. His pain, apathy, hopelessness, helplessness, pathetic-ness (if that's a word) is heart wrenching. You can't help but pity him but at the same time you know he's on the correct path -- for him. It's sad. But beautiful at the same time because of his relationship with her. The thing that makes this performance so amazing to me is that he's usually such a loud, boisterous character, sometimes to the point of obnoxiousness but here he is so understated. If it's not the best performance of all time, it is definitely his best performance. For me.