LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Mike Figgis

Written by - Mike Figgis (based on a novel by John O'Brien)

Starring - Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue

"The story of a friendship between an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who has come to Las Vegas with the intention of drinking himself to death, and a prostitute. This grim drama has the good taste not to be preachy or overtly sentimental, but rather gets over by presenting itself as a portrait of a story of the chance meeting between two lonely people. Nicolas Cage's painful portrayal of the alcoholic is truly compelling."

Drama, USA