“Do you still wanna have dinner?” Studiocanal UK has unveiled a brand new trailer for a 4K re-release of this 90s romantic drama titled Leaving Las Vegas, one of the mid-90s Nicolas Cage hits that won a bunch of awards. It first opened in 1996 after playing at the 1995 Toronto & London Film Festivals. Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the 1990 semi-autobiographical novel from John O’Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. Once there, he develops a romantic relationship with a prostitute. O’Brien died by suicide after signing away the film rights to the novel. An emotionally demanding and truly extraordinary movie, shot on 16mm film. Starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in career defining roles – it also won Cage his first and only Academy Award for Best Actor (so far). This 4K restoration is being re-released on Blu-ray in the UK first from Studiocanal. Only so much to clean up from 16mm but this still looks better than ever. Worth a watch. // Continue Reading ›
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