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Leaving Las Vegas [DVD] [1995]
enlarge	Director: Mike Figgis Actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Steven Weber, Laurie Metcalf Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £4.82 as of 25/11/2009 00:41 GMT details You Save: £8.17 (63%) New (11) Used (1) from £3.99 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 15983 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 107 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5055201804211 ASIN: B001D07QJO Theatrical Release Date: 1995 Release Date: October 20, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: A Classic. Not To Be Missed. June 10, 2009 G. RINGHAM (UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Despite this film being made in 1995 the storyline will live forever. Our human frailties. br / br /Ben, starring the brilliant Nicolas Cage, is an alcoholic who loses his family and job. And so Ben runs off to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he later befriends a beautiful prostitute called Sera, played by Elisabeth Shue. Both are trapped in a world which controls them and there appears no way out except through the deluded snatched happiness of their intimate and needy relationship. br /Most of the scenes are set in Las Vegas adding an almost glamorous respectability to Ben and Sera's relationship. Yet these are good people for whom the role of life's dice is slowly bringing them to the brink of destruction. br /The string of emotions governing this film will have you laughing one minute and biting your lip the next. Director Mike Figgis portrays a no holds barred insight into the sometimes brutal world of prostitution and the self deluded state of alcoholism. Yet there are many moments of extreme tenderness that endears you to these two characters simply for who they are, what they have become. And the need they have for each other. br /Accompanying this film are some great musical tracks sung by the very talented Sting. For me it is this very music which inspires the emotional content so important to the journey of Ben and Sera. br /This is a DVD for both the sexes. And you will love it. br /

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