Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
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Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.Written by
Marco van Hoof <k_luifje7@hotmail.com>
The movie that Ben and Sera are watching when they lie by the pool at the Desert Hotel is The Third Man (1949). See more »
Goofs
When Sera is performing oral sex on Ben in his motel room after he first meets her; you can clearly see her back visible with no scars on it. There's another scene with the two of them in bed after Ben's drunken rage at the casino - where he slides up her top to see the scar on her back (Which is not possible to be there at this spot). See more »
Quotes
Sera:
Included with the rent 'round here is a complimentary blow-job.
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits do not appear until fifteen minutes into the film. See more »
Alternate Versions
LaserDisc version is unrated and contains more sexually explicit footage. First pressings of the VHS versions also contained this footage but later pressings did not. The Unrated Edition has also been released on DVD and runs 112 min. See more »
After watching Ed Gein 2000 and turning it off because it got so boring, I watched Leaving Las Vegas for the first time last night...The jazz, the cinematography, such beautiful tweakings to a tragic movie.
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After watching Ed Gein 2000 and turning it off because it got so boring, I watched Leaving Las Vegas for the first time last night...The jazz, the cinematography, such beautiful tweakings to a tragic movie.