Leaving Las Vegas (Film), released 1995 — adapted from Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien.
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Starring Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber.
Directed by Mike Figgis.
