Leaving Las Vegas
1995movie
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Paramount Plus EssentialAmazon Prime VideoParamount Plus EssentialIn “Leaving Las Vegas,” a man loses his family and begins to drink himself to death. He goes to Vegas, and there on the street he meets a prostitute, who takes him in and cares for him, and he calls her his angel.“Leaving Las Vegas” is one of the best films of the year, deserving many Academy Award nominations. That such a film gets made is a miracle: One can see how this material could have been softened and compromised, and that would have been wrong. It is a pure, grand gesture.
Mike Figgis, the uncompromising writer-director of the dark, edgy drama “Leaving Las Vegas,” which was nominated for four Oscars, has no qualms about working outside the studio system, whose ...
