Leaving Las Vegas

In 1995 Mike Figgis decided everyone seemed too happy, so he released his story of lost hope and radical acceptance with, Leaving Las Vegas. Nick Cage stars as Ben Sanderson, a disgraced screenwriter who has lost his family and his job and so he heads to the gym and decides to get his life together…just kidding, obviously he heads to Vegas to drink himself to death. While in Vegas he meets a prostitute and they form an unlikely relationship with one stipulation, they don’t try to change the other. Do they fall in love and live happily ever after, or do they fall deeper into despair and misery? You’ll have to watch! The film and the two lead actors were nominated for a ton of awards (Cage won the Oscar), as this film was a critical and box office hit. But, does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss suicidal best practices and whisky dick as we try to decide if this flick is a party or a bad hangover.