LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995) | Cashing the Check at the Bank | MGM
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- 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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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Directed by Mike Figgis
Screenplay by Mike Figgis
Based upon the novel by John O'Brien
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
Rated R for strong sexuality and language, violence and pervasive alcohol abuse
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
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In rehab there was a guy, a chef, whose shakes were so bad he couldn't even walk during his withdrawal. He showed up in a wheelchair and was a wreck for the first week. Everyone rejoiced for him when we saw him striding relaxed a few days later. It was a powerful thing to witness.
LOL i remember i knew a guy in rehab who forgot english (he was polish) but started relearning it slowly as he sobered up. he wore a shirt with a baseball and bat on it that said "see ball, hit ball, run fast, turn left" but never played baseball a day in his life
My brother was similar, shaking so bad he couldn't walk, i had to help him into an ambulance
I drank for over a year straight with no break. When I stopped I couldn't walk for probably like 5 days.
Wow. O:
They wouldn't even let me in the rehab....they called an ambulance and I ended up in the ICU and the hospital for 15 days....that was 4 years ago......Peace!
If you’ve never lived it, consider yourself a lucky person.
My neighbor is my best friend and he live it.. How do i heal him...can't remember to forget you...
@@remimartin8493 You help him when he's serious about helping himself.
There isn't much else you can do beyond not enabling him.
Luck has nothing to do with it. Be responsible and make good choices, and you'll never become an alcoholic.
@@A_Final_Hit lol you don't have this problem your are not able to understand
@@remimartin8493 That's because I drink responsibly, and make good choices. Therefore, I'm not now, or will ever be, an alcoholic. Cheers! 🥃
Hard to believe he was only 31 here. He really dove in at full speed when he played this character
He was 24-25 for Vampires Kiss. He already developed his own acting technique, “nouveau shamanism”, at that age which is astounding.
@@Vometbombcan you explain what that is exactly? I've heard him say it before but I have no idea what he means.
@@johnny1978 it more or less equates to mean expressionism acting i.e. pre-method acting more dramatized facial expressions and body movements an example would be another of Cage's major influences James Dean "You're tearing me apart!"
18 is a full grown man, 31 you've lived in a fully grown man's body for well over a decade and a third.
That’s because he went bald in his 20s
Nicolas Cage's finest performance.
Without question.
For those who claim he can't act...
This movie should be free
100% - And I love Nic Cage in many movies, this is is opus.
Pig is up there with this
People who think Nicolas Cage is a bad actor need to watch this film. The Academy Award was well deserved
You’re absolutely correct about Mr. Cage, yet whenever I close my eyes, all I can see are *the bees*
OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES!
Who tf said he's a bad actor? He's one of the best.
There's an AA pun in there somewhere.
@@METALFACEDOOMXXXXlots of people do. To be fair, he has been in some awful movies with some very subpar performances.
@@factsdontlie4342so has robert de niro
This is the kind of movie that you see once and stays with you for a lifetime. A sad movie that reflects itself all too often in real life.
Once is plenty.
It messed me up.
Reminds me of Ray Ray at Caesar's Palace... He literally told me "son, your eyes are starting to yellow. You're here every night/morning .... You need help. I'll serve you two drinks, but no more"
As an alcoholic, I just went to another bar in the casino after the two with him...
But he saved my life. Genuinely.
interesting.i understand i;m not full blown but have snuck around hop youre recovered
Don't worry, you can't drink like that in Vegas casinos anymore unless you are gambling. Prices are ridiculous, you'll go broke before you can die from the drink
@@BigBadJerryRogersyes you can
@@BigBadJerryRogersnahh, Locals don't pay through the nose like tourists do. Also , there are several places around town that are cheap to eat and drink , especially for locals
Oh man...15 months sober now and Nicolas Cage at the bank really hits home. That was me. When she says "One moment...just sign", wow I felt that. The agony and despair of having to suffer through just one moment. The inability to hold a pen. Times were hard, and they are hard now but I'm sober and I'll persevere. Be strong, be fierce.
Iv been sober, half a year. What goes around comes around.
Oh man, me too! I have been in hospital so many times suffering the shakes like you could not imagine. Glad you made it .DTs is the most scary thing I've encountered in my 54 years on this planet, I don't know you but thank you for sharing sir.
sobriety is life.. its an embracing of life..
they are hard now?
@@cameronpickard7456 I suppose not so much. I get scared and stressed, but if I'm sober and in good health I can get through most things in life. I was so close to death so many times, in and out of the ER. If I can stay sober, there shouldn't be a lot I can't handle. I'm afraid of homelessness, but I'm healthy and I work hard. I'm studying computer science, and will probably pursue software development. I can write code from an obama phone ffs LOL
What an amazing exchange during the bar scene. The bartender is horrified and concerned, and then eventually gives up on him
Yeah you know he's bad when even the bartender starts trying to talk some sense into him
@Fredrick Frederickson I see what you're saying, but it typically is not a great idea to tell employers you're having issues with alcohol, pretty much ever. The reason is, there's a huge stigma about it in most of society, where it's considered a moral failing, rather than the disease it actually is - and regardless, employers will think about the reliability of that employee, even if they do actually get help and get sober. I've known people who've actually admitting to having a problem to their boss or whoever, only for them to say they understood and whatever, then slowly phase them out of work or fire them a few weeks later for some reason they basically just made up.
At the bank, was he shaking and sweating due to a hangover or due to the onset of delirium tremens?
@@WizardOfHumor1989 Withdrawals - at a certain point with alcohol dependency the shakes kick in pretty quickly, like the next day after drinking.
just like family
I remember watching this as a young man. This movie helped me to see what the bartender saw, and to commit to getting sober. Best thing I ever did for myself.
Probably the best acting of his career in this one.
The only good acting in his career, say another good movie Nick is in? I dare you
Well, he won the Oscar for this, and so did Elizabeth Shue, so… 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤘🤘👏👏🤣🤣❤️❤️
@GraffitiWasHere Bad Lieutenant, The Unbearable Weight, Pig, Adaptation, Mandy and Raising Arizona to name but 6, there are more. Cage is a fantastic actor with an incredible filmography and there is a reason why he is so sought after. A great guy too by all accounts
Oscar worthy
the bank scene is something only alcoholics will understand, the way you have to plan minute details of your day-to-day life around drinking
yes everything mundane that needs to b done is stressfull and anxiety inducing
Speak for yourself. I'm an alcoholic and my life isn't this way. My life is dedicated to my Family. Sometimes you just have to do what it takes to make a living and support your Family..
Exactly. I would sit in my car and time it. I would actually time whether or not I could get out of said building based on alcohol.
@@stevegreene271 If you're an alcoholic you're blind to the facts. Trust you're ruining your family.
@@stevegreene271 i'd like to hear your family's take on this
As someone who also suffered from the "shakes" (withdrawal symptom), the bank scene really hits me hard. So glad I got 7 years clean now.
good for you must be great
God bless you.
How long do they last
Congratulations and God bless you, many people don't make it and die, it's a sad disease
🙏 God bless you
Had to watch this when I was in DUI classes. Most of the people there joked a lot and I don’t think understood the severity of their actions or the path they were headed down. I think that changed after this. The silence during this movie was something I won’t forget.
Ironically the character in this movie drives just fine while drinking and shows a police officer driving right next to him. 😆
Hallucinating from alcohol withdrawal is the most terrifying event you can have in your life, but yet some people continue to drink even after experiencing them. I know I do….
😂
AA and surrendering to a higher power are what supposedly work… Godspeed
What's it like like how bad do the hallucinations get? how real how long do they last etc.?
@@danielhicks4826my only best friend is alcoholic.. The hallucination are like waking up from a dream but still being in a dream... Your hallucination warn you about your worst fear.. In many case.. Fear of death.. But when the alcohol is all you need... How do you make sense of all of this.. Blaming alcohol is never through.. Or in a fugitive way.. Lose of memory and psychosis may occur.. With some paranoia and hysterical behaviors.. But at least.. Drinking less each day make a good deal of it.. Until you choose something else like w*ed who is far less lethal for yourself or somebody else
It's really not that terrifying, once you get used to them
It cant capture the extreme anxiety that comes with withdrawal.
Totally agree. I almost died 12 years ago from bleeding out from my oesophagus and they drained about 8 litres of fluid from my abdomen... but I still stupidly couldn't stop... that anxiety from withdrawal is horrific... and I know the DTs can be fatal if you suddenly stop, so you have to reduce down slowly... it's hard though as you're in the eye of the hurricane and know you have some heavy turbulence to get through before you're out the other side.
“I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking, or I started drinking because my wife left me...”
He doesn't remember when the transition happened between heavy drinker (what he thought was acceptable) and massive alcoholic (what he became).
Considering that the character probably git divorced a few years before the films setting, it doesn't make sense he'd be able to endure and function as an alcoholic and die from it in such a short time
@@outlawquelshingdixienothin8893 noooo spoiler
One of John Travolta's best performances.
Lol
Top tier comment lol
🤣🤣🤣
Ha
😂😂😂😂
Only survivors are around to tell their stories, and this movie is important because it tells the story of someone who didn’t make it, and there have been so many.
Cage is so brilliant in this movie - you can just see these glimmers of the person he was meant to be behind the drunken, desperate man that he is when we meet him.
It should have showed more
DT's are the worst. I've been through them so many times, it is absolute torture.
Me too, the only way to feel 'normal' is to drink more which then makes it even worse the next day. Dangerous alcoholic trap.
I can’t imagine what it’s like to get into that phase in alcohol withdrawal. I believe you when you say torture. Hope you’ve been doing better since.
Worked at a 24 hour retail store, where in our state you can’t buy alcohol between the hours of 2-6am ( not sure about other states). Every morning At 5:45am the same guy would be parked outside waiting for 6am to come around. Sharp at 6, he would walk in and grab 3 tall ones, and bring it to the register. When he had to pay, his hands were shaking so violently that he just couldn’t hold the change. Alcoholism is destructive in every way you can imagine.
It is destructive, and yet it's perfectly legal while psilocybin is illegal almost everywhere. Bizarre, eh? I'm not saying alcohol should be illegal, but there is a reason we had a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. Families were being destroyed. Meanwhile, magic mushrooms are not addictive and there is no known lethal dose.
you work retail lol its you who is the looossssser
@@IFYOUREADTHISUAREWEIRDANDGHEY well, perhaps from your perspective I’m a looser for working at retail for so many years, but there are so many customers that are happy to see me at work. We have good conversations, and I can tell they appreciate me helping them with their needs, and sometimes they even ask for me. I think anyone can be a looser at any job, or be very successful as well.
go stack the toilet paper so i can wipe my backside with your time and broken dreams lol @@arymonem
Utah?
The fridge scene... gosh I've been there many times and it's agony. Brilliantly played as a true alcoholic to an actor genius... yep you got this in one...I am very vocal on SM... but as someone that is doing 8 bottles of red wine day I bloody get this and NC you cracked this, TY
Delirium Tremens... it's horrifying...
8 bottles of red wine a day doesn't make you an alcoholic, it just means you're French
No way your doing 8 bottles wine a day and staying func
I did a bottle before work, another at the train station pub before the office opened, 2 at lunch and 2 in the evening and then zonk out...unless I was out with friends when I'd do another 2 but that was difficult and I'd be no good to anyone. @@josefdenis3799
I love how the bartender just gives him a full-to-the-brim glass for free. thats like a 5/6 double. And with that he is saying, if i can't help you in life, i will help you to the grave you so sorely desire. Either way i will help you.
You didn't think there was a little disdain/malice in the gesture?
@@adriatic.vineyards that and a whole lot more but it doesn't take away from my interpretation.
@@barryschalkwijk9388you don't help alcoholic by giving them a drink... You help your money account.. Just an a**h**s
I figured out the best way to describe Nic Cage. A great actor who has been in alot of terrible films! But this one is truly a gem about (Addiction & Existentialism )
Agreed. The Rock was a decent action film and Con Air was a bit less so, but still watchable. But this performance was incredible, as was the film as a whole.
Edit: But let's not forget Raising Arizona. That was a great film as well. It was primarily comedy, but the ending was very somber and thought-provoking and to be honest quite a tear-jerker...but in a good way.
@@cswann8
Raising Arizona is such a good film all around.
One of the best performances of all time
I remember this life. I never wanted to hurt anybody.
I'm sure there's some man going through this. Just get healthy. Live your best life. Learn and grow strong. Don't let anyone bring you down.
I think you’re conflating something that’s simple with something that’s easy
cage great showing the desperation of alcoholism
Most honest bartender...
Much like Bruce willis, cage's more recent movies make people forget how amazing of an actor he was in his prime
Bruce Willis was never a great actor. He was always just playing Bruce Willis
@@commanderkeen3787 unbreakable, sixth sense, looper, watch them, definitely a good actor
@@commanderkeen3787 you're a bad actor
Guess you haven't seen his recent movie then.
@METALFACEDOOM makes sense, let's talk about a guy with early onset dementia and his acting ability. Kinda referring to when he was still younger and healthy, thought that was pretty self explanatory
thank god I quit drinking at like peak performance, just as my life was starting to fall apart. caught myself and been sober for years, never had anyone look at me like an alcoholic
Mr Cage is unbelievably good actor, one of the best performances in this masterpiece 🎥 movie.
Almost three years clean and sober and that scene was rough! Been there a few more times than I can count. I let the bad memories of my addiction play out in my head as they come to me. They are a wonderful prescription for maintaining by sobriety!! Don't be afraid to speak out when you need help, be afraid of not speaking up!
I bartended for many years. I started to think I was pouring some guys into the grave.
One of the best performances ever.
I enjoyed watching Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth Shue in this movie
Never like ES … she was ok … but not the star of this movie.
Fun fact. This movie was made in 24 days
Shame they couldn't make it in 12 days. Lol.
I'd be more impressed if they had made it in 24 hours.
And for $3 million.
Somehow I never saw this movie until last night. Wow! Both Nick and Elizabeth were phenomenal! This is one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. When it was over I sat for a long time processing it.
But one thing nags me about this plot. Why didn't Sera ever say to Ben that she didn't want him to die and ask him to stay alive and be with her. They both declared their love for each other after all. I got the sense that this was a tragedy fairly early on, but kept hoping that Ben would find the desire to live in Sera's affection and returned love.
She does in the book. However, sometimes when you give something everything they want and need, they go the other direction because of their feelings towards themselves and life in general. He ruins their relationship somehow shortly after she begs him to get better...
@@DutchKidRanger They do in the movie too? i know the earring scene is his retaliation for her asking him to seek help.
He wanted Sera to promise him on the sofa-right after she bought him gifts-that she cannot ever to ask him to stop drinking. Later she broke that promise by telling him to go see a doctor.
Ben came to Vegas to drink himself to death, and Sera respected his decision, which is why I think she never asked him to stop, not directly at least.
She basically says it in the scene where she asks him to see a doctor & he refuses. Man that was such a heartbreaking scene for me. You could just see the heartache on Sera's face & Ben just seemed like a shell of a man at this point. Too far gone to turn back & seek help. And you could tell from his expression what he was feeling as well. Outstanding performances from both Cage & Shue in that scene.
As far as this particular scene I felt that Cage was over acting a bit at this point. I mean I've seen people with the shakes and dts but never anything to that extreme where you can't even sign your name. His facial expressions are pretty hilarious though 😂😂😂
@@Joeypopshot I've seen it this bad.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BY MR.CAGE
Teller is Carey Lowell who played Jamie Ross in Law and Order. Gotta love his excuse: "I had brain surgery" Bartender is Graham Beckel who was Ford in Paper Chase. Isn't that a contradiction that he's telling someone not to drink in his bar that's open?
I didn't recognize Carey Lowell at all!
he deserve a web oscar for best actor nominee for the realism and alcohol addicted fact
The fact that he doesn't just sign the check shows that withdrawal authentically. My shakes were so bad I couldn't physically bring a cup of water to my mouth sometimes
if you don't mind answering, how does it happen? Is it from not having any alcohol for a day or two or a matter of hours that causes the shakes?
@@7judas77I would wake up shaking after only being passed out for a couple of hours. The longer you drink continuously, the worse the shakes are.
@@PURDY_POISONthanks for the reply. It sounds terrible.
@@7judas77 YW. ☺️
alcohol releases a bunch of excitement signals to the body which result in euphoria, adrenaline, confidence, etc. When alcoholics cease or decrease drinking, the body still sends out all those signals as is accustomed to and the end result is tremors, shakes, seizures, etc@@7judas77
This movie really taught me how drinking is cool and fun
Watch the movie Barfly too, that's another drinking classic, it's more fun than this one
Then watch requiem for a dream to see how much fun you can have on opiates and speed
@@BigBadJerryRogersis that the mickey rourke one?
@@borismcfinnigan3430 yes. About Charles Bukowski
This was an amazing performance by Nicolas cage it made me shiver so honest he must have been there too understand it so well !!
I shall look at the mini bar in a new light.
I am back, I've got my check and BABY I am ready to sign.
My G … instant friends
For such a dark, gritty movie it has a dream like quality that I found very unexpected
An excellent film and performance.
Best scene is when he goes back in the bank after his drinks and signs with aplomb. Delivers a great line too
An extraordinary performance by Nic - a well deserved Oscar winner.
I can recite this movie from heart I’ve seen it over 100 times … used to own it on VHS … and would watch it almost daily. One of the greatest films ever made
Sometimes it does feel like Nicolas cage actually has a drinking problem 😂 he didn’t even had to act
Bad joke
Nicholas Cage a great actor This movie is proof of his amazing acting. Movie Leaving Las Vegas should of got an Academy Award'
He did get an Academy Award for this movie.
Awesomeness job
Great movie!
Great acting
One of my favourite movies
The best film Ever!
Too powerful to be rewatched.
Great performance by Cage, Liz did great also.
I have been clean and sober for 25 years and DO NOT miss those mornings, I was a whiskey hound like this guy and trying to ride out the DTs is absolutely brutal!
I like how the same society pretends to care about other people, completely ignores and disregards someone that actually needs help
First movie made me cry.
I know exactly how that plays out IRL. I've been there a thousand times.
All good now?
@@EvoPortal Well, I was a few weeks in detox a while ago. I was sober for a few months, then I hit on hard times and everything went right south, sadly.
When I woke up I used to think somebody was poisoning me then I realized I was poisoning me...😂 I was my own worst enemy...😳
Beautiful
Withdrawal from drink is so relentlessly punishing to one physically, spiritually, psychologically, mentally and whatever else you link YOURSELF too. Anyone reading this take heed to the warning. Alcohol, can and will destroy "You".
That music to this mental state....
*I'm pretty sure that bank scene is the only one in the whole movie you see him speaking when he's sober?*
Mmm never noticed that … good call
Yup, my wife had to fill out my rehab paperwork cause of the shakes 😢2.5 yrs sober now 😅
Man, this was one of the most depressing movies I’ve ever seen!
Straight throwback movie 🍿❤️
I'm fkin horrified by the bank scene... it's so accurate. Even the way he grasps himself.
I cried when I saw this movie 😢
Sounds like you need a drink
This movie is really sad I saw it one time that was enough for me.
I rented this at 9 or so thanks mom for never once checking what I was renting
There are (2) seminal portrayals of alcoholism IMO; this performance by Cage and the lighter version as portrayed by Foster Brooks. Both brilliant and impossible not to watch, even though they are so, so different.
Let's not leave out Denzel in "Flight". Not nearly as crushing, but also an unflinching portrait
0:49 is how i felt every time at the end. relentless suffering.
"I guess I can't sleep anymore, time to suffer."
One of my favoutite movies now. I watched it for the first time 2 months ago and now I always rewatch some moments of it on UA-cam. In Russia where I'm from, this movie isn't so popular. Unfortunately...
It's not popular no matter where your from
@@imadrunk3576 Ok
@@simpleenglish4076 I live in UK and no one has heard of it other than me
@@imadrunk3576 I got it, bro! God bless you!
@@simpleenglish4076 can I live with you? I'm on the streets
My grandma always had the shakes as long as i could remember, i thought thats just how old people were
I think everyone has a leaving las Vegas story I know I have a few.
I do. For sure.
Alcohol makes us feel good for a moment or 2!
Yes I'm a alcoholic .quit 3 days ago. Doing my job has been very hard since quitting. Like Ben I think my boss and guys I work with know what I am. They never said anything .... road to sobriety
@@nightwalker7198 I bought hookers and used my dads name when I was 18 and hotel room paid by Chrysler
You didn’t die did you
I love the warning. Short. Adult content and language. Yes. Nothing more needed.
It's an absolute nightmare to experience this. Crawling out your own skin, in line at a bank or check cashing place, hoping to God your bogus check gets cashed. For you can't endure another second of withdrawal
I got alcohol tremors so bad I can't even sign a check.... 😎🤭
But I need the money to buy more alcohol.
What did it feel like?
Man I remembered my days lol
man, he really earned his Oscar
Ive been there where i was shaking so bad i literally couldn't button up my own shirt. 3 years sober now
Good Movie, I can relate horribly 😮
BARFLY is also really good 😀😀😀
This movie and “Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot” is at par with the lowest you can as an alcoholic.
This was one of the most depressing movies I’ve ever watched. Sad
brillent movie niclas cage coppler
Reminds me of how the liquor store i went to every day required customers to sign their recipts for some reason. That was a constant source of humiliation for me and probably others.
After watching this film. I needed a strong drink.
I would like to drink more after this. Love it.
You mean drink less?
@@BlakeFerretMore.
@@heymancy56I love how you doubled down on your comment 🤣🤣🤣
This movie does make drinking look good … not the effects … but cage does make the drinks look tantalizing
Get that man some Librium!
Wouldnt touch it. Probably have to induce a coma with major drugs to detox.
Awful seeing him with the shakes trying to buy to the whole store lol.. I was just like that 20 years ago.
One of the ,ost accurate depictions ive seen.
I’ve been like that before
Brilliant film. N.C. without doubt - a most talented actor. Or was he not acting?