Elisabeth Shue Sera as Sera. Julian Sands Yuri as Yuri. Richard Lewis Peter as Peter. Kim Adams Sheila as Sheila. Emily Procter Debbie as Debbie. Valeria Golino Terri as Terri. Graham Beckel L. Bartender as L.
Thomas Kopache Mr. Simpson as Mr. Vincent Ward Businessman 1 as Businessman 1. French Stewart Businessman 2 as Businessman 2. Mike Figgis. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot.
He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with. Rated R for strong sexuality and language, violence and pervasive alcohol abuse.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Author John O'Brien , on whose novel this movie is based, committed suicide two weeks after the movie went into production. Director Mike Figgis contemplated abandoning the project, but decided the film would make a good memorial for O'Brien.
Goofs Ben flips out and overturns a blackjack table in a casino. The tables in casinos are fixed to the floor to minimize the risk of someone stealing chips by "accidentally" overturning the table and scattering them on the floor.
Quotes Ben Sanderson : I don't know if I started drinking 'cause my wife left me or my wife left me 'cause I started drinking, but fuck it anyway. Crazy credits The opening credits do not appear until fifteen minutes into the film. Alternate versions LaserDisc version is unrated and contains more sexually explicit footage. First pressings of the VHS versions also contained this footage but later pressings did not. User reviews Review.
Top review. Viva Greek Tragedies. Mike Figgis obliges us with a helpful hint in the scene where Nicolas Cage gives Elizabeth Shue a present of earrings: Greek cameos.
As in the ancient tale, love challenges the inevitability of death, although, in the case of LLV, roles are upended and sometimes blurred, and Orphean references are either thinly disguised, or non-specific to the point of being thoroughly sublimated.
Academic, to be sure, but completely acceptable as long as LLV can sustain itself and remain engaging. And it surely does, thanks to Figgis' intelligent script and direction, Cage's role as a down-and-out writer and his protracted self-destruction, and Shue's portrayal of a lonely hooker, lifting that old bromide beyond what could have been routine, to a level not seen since Jane Fonda's character in Klute.
Excellent performances all around. With all that said, this film is not for everyone in particular those who only respond to gratuitous sex, car chases, and mindless pyrotechnics. The lurid depictions of despair, self-loathing, and violence could put off even the most hardened social worker.
In my mind's eye, I could see psychiatrists amongst the theater audiences, furiously jotting down their observations. Understandable; the two principal characters are, in the common parlance, screwed up. One cannot cope with failure, so decides to opt out, while the other does cope, but only barely, existing along the ragged edges of what passes for society in Nevada Hell.
These details, though, tend to outline and, indeed, strengthen the true heart of this film: Sacrifice and Unconditional Love. If this film is not for everyone, then who is it for? This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.
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