LEAVING LAS VEGAS

LEAVING LAS VEGAS – France, USA, 11 min, Drama, Romance

Director: Mike Figgis

Writer: Mike Figgis

Cast: Nicholas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Kim Adams, Emily Procter, Stuart Regen, Valeria Golino, Graham Beckel, Albert Henderson, Shashi Bhatia

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

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

• Academy Awards, USA 1996 – Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Nicolas Cage, Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Elisabeth Shue, Nomination for Best Director & Best Adapted  Screenplay Based – Mike Figgis
• BAFTA Awards 1996 – Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Nicolas Cage, Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Elisabeth Shue, Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay – Mike Figgis
• International Film Festival Love is Folly, 1996 – Special Award – Mike Figgis, Best Actor – Nicholas Cage, Best Actress – Elizabeth Shue