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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 27, 1995
Box Office
$49.8M
Budget
$3.6M
Return
13.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 6, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Mike Figgis
Writer
Mike Figgis
Producers
Marc S. Fischer, Paige Simpson, Stuart Regen
Music
Mike Figgis
Studio
Initial Productions, Lumière Pictures
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Quotes
See all →Struggle Between Care and Independence
Sera
I want you to see a doctor.
[Ben has been on another binge]
Ben
Sera... I'm not gonna see a doctor. Perhaps now would be a good time for me to move back to a motel.
Sera
And do what? Rot away in a room? We're not gonna talk about that. Fuck you, we're not gonna talk about that! You're staying here! You could do this for me. I've given you gallons of free will around here. You could do this one thing for me! I have to go to work now.
[starts to cry; pause]
The Complexity of Love and Addiction
Ben
Don't you think you'd get a little bored, living with a drunk?
Sera
Well... that's what I want.
Ben
You haven't seen the worst of it. I knock things over... throw up all the time. These past few days I've been very controlled. You're like some sort of antidote that mixes with the liquor and keeps me in balance. But, that won't last forever.
Complex Needs and Perceptions of Goodness
Ben
What are you? Some sort of angel visiting me from one of my drunk fantasies? How can you be so good?
Sera
I don't know what you're saying. I'm just using you. I need you.
Understanding Boundaries in Relationships
Sera
Don't you like me, Ben?
Ben
Sera... what you don't understand is - no, see, no. You can never, never ask me to stop drinking. Do you understand?
Sera
I do. I really do.
Cast
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Nicolas Cage
Ben Sanderson
E
Elisabeth Shue
Sera
J
Julian Sands
Yuri
R
Richard Lewis
Peter
S
Steven Weber
Marc Nussbaum
K
Kim Adams
Sheila
E
Emily Procter
Debbie
S
Stuart Regen
Man At Bar
V
Valeria Golino
Terri
G
Graham Beckel
L.A. Bartender
A
Albert Henderson
Man at Strip Bar
C
Carey Lowell
Bank Teller
A
Anne Lange
Business Colleague
T
Thomas Kopache
Mr. Simpson
V
Vincent Ward
Businessman 1
L
Lucinda Jenney
Weird Woman
F
French Stewart
Businessman 2
E
Ed Lauter
Mobster 3
W
Waldemar Kalinowski
Mobster 2
M
Mike Figgis
Mobster 1
