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The film Roger Ebert chose as best of 1995.
It looked as though the relative up and comer Nicholas Cage was going to begin a career as a very solid actor but it seemed that he would wind up making a lot of shlock (some good action movies here and there but...)
The 1996 Academy award Nominations were:
Braveheart(WINNER)
Apollo 13 - Brian Grazer, producer
Babe
Il Postino: The Postman
Sense and Sensibility
I would have had Leaving Las Vegas over any of these.
Why do I bring this up? Coda won the best picture with only three nominations for best film, best-supporting actor, best-adapted screenplay.
I never understood 1995 because Leaving Las Vegas was nominated for:
Best Actor (won)
Best Actress (arguably should have won)
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay.
These are four of what are considered to be the "major awards." I never really understood how you could say the film had some of the best acting in both lead roles, the best writing and the best directing (which stands in for pulling all the technical elements together) and then say it's not one of the best films.
Don't get me wrong - I get that the academy voters for the best film include ALL academy voters so a Coda can simply be more liked by more people than a technical achievement based film but Leaving Las Vegas was always a bit perplexing in this regard in that it didn't muster at least a nomination.
And I agree with Gene - how Crumb was overlooked while Braveheart won best picture is a joke.
Siskel and Roger on the best films of 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKcagHDRPwU
Looking Back At 'Leaving Las Vegas'
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I still havent' seen LLV. And I don't think I want to. Very depressing subject.
Cage? Excellent actor who got in severe $$$ trouble and ended up doing movies he probably would not have ordimarily signed up for......JUST for a payday. The IRS is relentless.
I first saw him in 'Raising Arizona' with also fairly new Holly Hunter. Great stuff....
I just looked thru the IMDB list and he has some very good movies mixed in with some awful stuff.
Too much is never enough
LLV is a great love story and acceptance of another person - faults and all.
Motivations aren't spoon-fed to the viewer.
Braveheart won 10 Academy awards. Not...too...shabby.
Edits: 04/03/22 04/03/22
Payback
Once was Ok if oh so predictable--read the test audience on the original was ho hum--duh?
but to ram it home for seconds--WTF???
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Good similarities GK!
--but both movies sort of plot by numbers, you know what was going to happen before it did--poor scripts
no delving into character development -the conclusions telegraphed well into the scenario. More or less
presentation by the numbers --which all conveniently fell into place in the final reels.
Both non satisfying but Ok for a mind wander into a hatred filled Mad Max I suppose.
Des
Good acting of depressing subject matereal.
If I want depressing stuff, then I read the poetry of Charles Bukowski.
Bukowski knows his place in the world of alcohol and lowlife.
"The Family Man," and "Lord of War."
"Sense and Sensibility," with Thompson, Rickman, and Grant was a marvelous Austen interpretation. "Il Positino" would have been a good choice, as well. Agreement on "Braveheart:" Mad Max with a claymore. Far inferior to a similar period film, "Rob Roy," with a scene stealing Tim Roth in one of his finest roles.
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