Leaving Las Vegas
Exiting Sin City
Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 film about an alcoholic screenwriter who moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, where he forms a relationship with a prostitute.
The phrase sometimes appears as shorthand for deliberate self-destruction or a fatalistic surrender to vice: After the divorce, he went full Leaving Las Vegas with the bourbon.
Addiction to drinking
- dependenceState of needing another
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- bingeBout of excess
relapse · tolerance · intoxication · detox · compulsion · sobriety · abstinence · habituation
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
indie · cinematography · soundtrack · adaptation · character study · critics · Best Actor · box-office
State without hope
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- self-destructionDeliberately causing one's downfall
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- anguishIntense mental suffering
loneliness · grief · sorrow · bleakness · isolation · misery · heartache · forlorn
Emotional closeness between people
- companionshipState of having company
- prostituteOne who sells sex
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
- acceptanceConsent to receive
tenderness · vulnerability · understanding · compassion · solace · comfort · broken · damaged
alcoholism
Addiction to drinking
- dependenceState of needing another
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
binge · relapse · tolerance · intoxication · detox · compulsion · sobriety · abstinence · habituation · enabler
Nicolas Cage
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- performanceCarrying out a task
drama · indie · cinematography · soundtrack · adaptation · character study · critics · Best Actor · box-office · premiere
hopelessness
State without hope
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- self-destructionDeliberately causing one's downfall
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
anguish · loneliness · grief · sorrow · bleakness · isolation · misery · heartache · forlorn · dejection
intimacy
Emotional closeness between people
- companionshipState of having company
- prostituteOne who sells sex
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
acceptance · tenderness · vulnerability · understanding · compassion · solace · comfort · broken · damaged · unlikely
flight
Aerial journey by aircraft
vanish · freedom · refuge · flee · anonymity · reinvention · abandon · exile · evasion · running away
- 1995 FilmsToy Story, Braveheart, Casino, Apollo 13, Jumanji
- Nicolas Cage FilmsFace/Off, The Rock, Ghost Rider, Raising Arizona, The Wicker Man
- Drug FilmsTrainspotting, Candy, Less Than Zero, A Scanner Darkly, The Basketball Diaries
Leaving Las VegasViva Las Vegas
Celebratory cry for Nevada's casino city
The Hangover · hitting the jackpot · Casino · Ocean's Eleven
Leaving Las VegasBeautiful Boy
Endearing phrase for son