1995

Film Score and Soundtrack Album

Additional Music by

Anthony Marinelli

DIRECTOR  Mike Figgis

PRODUCERS  Lila Cazes and Annie Stewart

Distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/United Artists

MUSIC SUPERVISOR Gemma Dempsey

ACTORS Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Valeria Golino

About the Score

Instrumentation  Sampled Orchestra

Soloists Piano, Synclavier

Style  Classical

Film Synopsis

Mike Figgis' grim drama documents a romantic triangle of sorts involving prostitute Sera (Elisabeth Shue), failed Hollywood screenwriter Ben (Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage), and the constant flow of booze which he loves more dearly than life itself. Arriving in Las Vegas with the intention of drinking himself to death, Ben meets Sera, and they gradually begin falling for one another. From the outset, however, Ben warns Sera that no matter what, she can never ask him to quit drinking, a condition to which she grudgingly agrees. A darkly comic tragedy, Leaving Las Vegas charts the brief romantic convergence of two desperately needy people who together find a brief flicker of happiness.

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