Leaving Las Vegas

Still as impressive as when it was released: scriptwriter Ben (Oscar for Nicolas Cage) is determined to drink himself to death in Las Vegas. There he meets sex worker Sera (Oscar nomination for Elisabeth Shue). A 4K restoration will return to the big screen for the film’s 30th anniversary. Scriptwriter Ben (Nicolas Cage at his very best) is an alcoholic with neither future, nor friends. After his wife leaves him and he has been fired by a Hollywood studio, he withdraws his savings and leaves for Las Vegas: the only city where the bars never close. During his night-time peregrinations taking in casinos and shady motels, he meets Sera (an unforgettable Elisabeth Shue), a young, exhausted sex worker with a complicated past. During his final days, they fall in love, an unstable bond d