Leaving Las Vegas 4K 1995 Unrated Ultra HD 2160p

If your whole life seems like a nightmare. If a prolonged drinking binge has completely ruined your career at a serious company. Maybe it makes sense to destroy everything that connected you to your past life and start a new one? In the glittering and sinful Las Vegas.

Where, amid the glitz of nightlife, a lonely “night butterfly” can be more attentive and warm-hearted than any psychoanalyst. Because she wants to save the unfortunate drunkard from himself... Can this strange love help them both? Or will it destroy them both?

User Review

This intriguing story, filled with tragedy, vulgarity, and cruelty, struck me as so profound and moving that I even felt a little frightened by the reality of the picture. Ironically, the two loneliest and most unhappy people on Earth were destined to meet in the most vibrant and sinful city.

He (Nicolas Cage) is a failed screenwriter searching for meaning in his amorphous existence at the bottom of a glass, and in many ways, this goal is the only thing keeping him alive. Everyone has turned their back on him and long since written him off, so his only goal was to slowly die, walking the path of self-destruction in the most sinful city on Earth.

She (Elizabeth Shue) is a woman of the “oldest profession,” deprived of warmth, love, and care, but forced to put up with the cruelty and hypocrisy of this world every night. She knew better than anyone how cruel people could be, at times resembling wild animals, and that all the joys of the most sinful city on Earth came to others through the suffering of people like her.

It seems strange and surprising that people who found themselves on the margins of moral foundations and conservative views still had room in their hearts for love, care, and human kindness towards each other. The two loneliest and most unhappy people on Earth found themselves needing each other not out of desperation, but because of the most genuine and noble feelings that a man and a woman can have for each other. They were happy together, first and foremost because they lived in harmony and treated each other with respect. They were together, and in many ways, this was what they had been missing all their lives. He had someone to lean on when he lost his balance after another glass of whiskey, and she had someone to hug after another “atrocity” from clients the night before.

It would seem that they needed so little for true happiness, because for the two most unhappy people on Earth, one glance, one touch was enough to say that you are needed by someone and your life is not one continuous nightmare with no end in sight. They were together, they were a couple, and they wanted to be happy in this city where they had long since become ghosts. It's frighteningly touching and beautifully realistic.

The work of the filmmakers leaves no choice but to admire the beautiful direction, the deep script, the stunning acting, the good camera work, and the “atmospheric” music that makes each episode more “lively” and distinctive. I was amazed and impressed by how Michael Figgis managed to make this film. It seemed as if every frame, every movement was imbued with the director's soul and efforts to preserve the spirit of John O'Brien's book, on which the film is based. It is also disturbing that the author of the book passed away just a few weeks after filming began.
As for the actors, Nicolas Cage's believable performance made his character so “alive” that you start to worry about him from the very beginning of the film, as if he were an old friend you hadn't seen since graduating from school. Elizabeth Shue was able to combine vulgarity with deep soulfulness and tragedy on screen, which makes you feel sorry for all the Las Vegas “night butterflies” and women in similar professions.

Watching many moments in the film, it became both scary and touching at the same time; the reality and soulfulness of this film struck me and touched me to the depths of my soul. Probably no one else has ever managed to show such a sad, or even depressing, story so realistically and deeply. It is inexplicable, but the fact is that the film has its own charisma and charm, which allows it to have a magical effect not only on viewers but also on film critics, who highly praised the work of the creators of this film, showering it with positive reviews and awards.

But another fact seems surprising: after watching the film, you involuntarily realize once again that our world is very cruel, but what is even more frightening is that it is becoming cruel because of us ourselves. And so the film ends, the credits roll, and everyone silently looks at their own reflection in the TV screen...

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (84.2 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

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#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#English: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
#French: Dolby Digital 2.0

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