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Leaving Las Vegas

Movie · 1995 · 107 min

A slow, painful plunge into self-destruction that still finds tenderness between two people who accept each other's damage.

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1995 film directed by Mike Figgis
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Year
1995
Runtime
107 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • love
  • isolation
  • death
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, erotic, romance
Directed by
Mike Figgis
Written by
Mike Figgis, John O'Brien
Starring
Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, R. Lee Ermey, Mariska Hargitay, Laurie Metcalf, Danny Huston, Richard Lewis, Valeria Golino
Music
Mike Figgis, Anthony Marinelli
Cinematography
Declan Quinn
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States, France
Languages
English

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