In rehab there was a guy, a chef, whose shakes were so bad he couldn't even walk during his withdrawal. He showed up in a wheelchair and was a wreck for the first week. Everyone rejoiced for him when we saw him striding relaxed a few days later. It was a powerful thing to witness.
LOL i remember i knew a guy in rehab who forgot english (he was polish) but started relearning it slowly as he sobered up. he wore a shirt with a baseball and bat on it that said "see ball, hit ball, run fast, turn left" but never played baseball a day in his life
They wouldn't even let me in the rehab....they called an ambulance and I ended up in the ICU and the hospital for 15 days....that was 4 years ago......Peace!
Reminds me of Ray Ray at Caesar's Palace... He literally told me "son, your eyes are starting to yellow. You're here every night/morning .... You need help. I'll serve you two drinks, but no more" As an alcoholic, I just went to another bar in the casino after the two with him... But he saved my life. Genuinely.
Don't worry, you can't drink like that in Vegas casinos anymore unless you are gambling. Prices are ridiculous, you'll go broke before you can die from the drink
@@BigBadJerryRogersnahh, Locals don't pay through the nose like tourists do. Also , there are several places around town that are cheap to eat and drink , especially for locals
You’re absolutely correct about Mr. Cage, yet whenever I close my eyes, all I can see are *the bees* OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES!
@@johnny1978 it more or less equates to mean expressionism acting i.e. pre-method acting more dramatized facial expressions and body movements an example would be another of Cage's major influences James Dean "You're tearing me apart!"
I remember watching this as a young man. This movie helped me to see what the bartender saw, and to commit to getting sober. Best thing I ever did for myself.
Oh man...15 months sober now and Nicolas Cage at the bank really hits home. That was me. When she says "One moment...just sign", wow I felt that. The agony and despair of having to suffer through just one moment. The inability to hold a pen. Times were hard, and they are hard now but I'm sober and I'll persevere. Be strong, be fierce.
Oh man, me too! I have been in hospital so many times suffering the shakes like you could not imagine. Glad you made it .DTs is the most scary thing I've encountered in my 54 years on this planet, I don't know you but thank you for sharing sir.
@@cameronpickard7456 I suppose not so much. I get scared and stressed, but if I'm sober and in good health I can get through most things in life. I was so close to death so many times, in and out of the ER. If I can stay sober, there shouldn't be a lot I can't handle. I'm afraid of homelessness, but I'm healthy and I work hard. I'm studying computer science, and will probably pursue software development. I can write code from an obama phone ffs LOL
@Fredrick Frederickson I see what you're saying, but it typically is not a great idea to tell employers you're having issues with alcohol, pretty much ever. The reason is, there's a huge stigma about it in most of society, where it's considered a moral failing, rather than the disease it actually is - and regardless, employers will think about the reliability of that employee, even if they do actually get help and get sober. I've known people who've actually admitting to having a problem to their boss or whoever, only for them to say they understood and whatever, then slowly phase them out of work or fire them a few weeks later for some reason they basically just made up.
Had to watch this when I was in DUI classes. Most of the people there joked a lot and I don’t think understood the severity of their actions or the path they were headed down. I think that changed after this. The silence during this movie was something I won’t forget.
Speak for yourself. I'm an alcoholic and my life isn't this way. My life is dedicated to my Family. Sometimes you just have to do what it takes to make a living and support your Family..
Considering that the character probably git divorced a few years before the films setting, it doesn't make sense he'd be able to endure and function as an alcoholic and die from it in such a short time
Only survivors are around to tell their stories, and this movie is important because it tells the story of someone who didn’t make it, and there have been so many. Cage is so brilliant in this movie - you can just see these glimmers of the person he was meant to be behind the drunken, desperate man that he is when we meet him.
Worked at a 24 hour retail store, where in our state you can’t buy alcohol between the hours of 2-6am ( not sure about other states). Every morning At 5:45am the same guy would be parked outside waiting for 6am to come around. Sharp at 6, he would walk in and grab 3 tall ones, and bring it to the register. When he had to pay, his hands were shaking so violently that he just couldn’t hold the change. Alcoholism is destructive in every way you can imagine.
It is destructive, and yet it's perfectly legal while psilocybin is illegal almost everywhere. Bizarre, eh? I'm not saying alcohol should be illegal, but there is a reason we had a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. Families were being destroyed. Meanwhile, magic mushrooms are not addictive and there is no known lethal dose.
@@IFYOUREADTHISUAREWEIRDANDGHEY well, perhaps from your perspective I’m a looser for working at retail for so many years, but there are so many customers that are happy to see me at work. We have good conversations, and I can tell they appreciate me helping them with their needs, and sometimes they even ask for me. I think anyone can be a looser at any job, or be very successful as well.
@GraffitiWasHere Bad Lieutenant, The Unbearable Weight, Pig, Adaptation, Mandy and Raising Arizona to name but 6, there are more. Cage is a fantastic actor with an incredible filmography and there is a reason why he is so sought after. A great guy too by all accounts
The fridge scene... gosh I've been there many times and it's agony. Brilliantly played as a true alcoholic to an actor genius... yep you got this in one...I am very vocal on SM... but as someone that is doing 8 bottles of red wine day I bloody get this and NC you cracked this, TY
I did a bottle before work, another at the train station pub before the office opened, 2 at lunch and 2 in the evening and then zonk out...unless I was out with friends when I'd do another 2 but that was difficult and I'd be no good to anyone. @@josefdenis3799
Almost three years clean and sober and that scene was rough! Been there a few more times than I can count. I let the bad memories of my addiction play out in my head as they come to me. They are a wonderful prescription for maintaining by sobriety!! Don't be afraid to speak out when you need help, be afraid of not speaking up!
I love how the bartender just gives him a full-to-the-brim glass for free. thats like a 5/6 double. And with that he is saying, if i can't help you in life, i will help you to the grave you so sorely desire. Either way i will help you.
yeah also the disgusting taste in your mouth and stomach that is involved with it and senses heightened intensely, all 5 senses. It is the nervous system running overclocked beyond capability pretty much if you compare it to overclocking a computer cpu or hardware.
Hallucinating from alcohol withdrawal is the most terrifying event you can have in your life, but yet some people continue to drink even after experiencing them. I know I do….
@@danielhicks4826my only best friend is alcoholic.. The hallucination are like waking up from a dream but still being in a dream... Your hallucination warn you about your worst fear.. In many case.. Fear of death.. But when the alcohol is all you need... How do you make sense of all of this.. Blaming alcohol is never through.. Or in a fugitive way.. Lose of memory and psychosis may occur.. With some paranoia and hysterical behaviors.. But at least.. Drinking less each day make a good deal of it.. Until you choose something else like w*ed who is far less lethal for yourself or somebody else
I figured out the best way to describe Nic Cage. A great actor who has been in alot of terrible films! But this one is truly a gem about (Addiction & Existentialism )
Agreed. The Rock was a decent action film and Con Air was a bit less so, but still watchable. But this performance was incredible, as was the film as a whole. Edit: But let's not forget Raising Arizona. That was a great film as well. It was primarily comedy, but the ending was very somber and thought-provoking and to be honest quite a tear-jerker...but in a good way.
He’s a fantastic actor who is for the odd ones out. He specializes in scripts that almost nobody would green-light, and gives his all into it. Leaving Las Vegas was too bleak for Hollywood, but Cage took it because he thought “I probably won’t win an Oscar anytime soon”. That’s why I love him. He helps elevate.
thank god I quit drinking at like peak performance, just as my life was starting to fall apart. caught myself and been sober for years, never had anyone look at me like an alcoholic
@METALFACEDOOM makes sense, let's talk about a guy with early onset dementia and his acting ability. Kinda referring to when he was still younger and healthy, thought that was pretty self explanatory
I can recite this movie from heart I’ve seen it over 100 times … used to own it on VHS … and would watch it almost daily. One of the greatest films ever made
Teller is Carey Lowell who played Jamie Ross in Law and Order. Gotta love his excuse: "I had brain surgery" Bartender is Graham Beckel who was Ford in Paper Chase. Isn't that a contradiction that he's telling someone not to drink in his bar that's open?
Totally agree. I almost died 12 years ago from bleeding out from my oesophagus and they drained about 8 litres of fluid from my abdomen... but I still stupidly couldn't stop... that anxiety from withdrawal is horrific... and I know the DTs can be fatal if you suddenly stop, so you have to reduce down slowly... it's hard though as you're in the eye of the hurricane and know you have some heavy turbulence to get through before you're out the other side.
Somehow I never saw this movie until last night. Wow! Both Nick and Elizabeth were phenomenal! This is one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. When it was over I sat for a long time processing it. But one thing nags me about this plot. Why didn't Sera ever say to Ben that she didn't want him to die and ask him to stay alive and be with her. They both declared their love for each other after all. I got the sense that this was a tragedy fairly early on, but kept hoping that Ben would find the desire to live in Sera's affection and returned love.
She does in the book. However, sometimes when you give something everything they want and need, they go the other direction because of their feelings towards themselves and life in general. He ruins their relationship somehow shortly after she begs him to get better...
He wanted Sera to promise him on the sofa-right after she bought him gifts-that she cannot ever to ask him to stop drinking. Later she broke that promise by telling him to go see a doctor. Ben came to Vegas to drink himself to death, and Sera respected his decision, which is why I think she never asked him to stop, not directly at least.
She basically says it in the scene where she asks him to see a doctor & he refuses. Man that was such a heartbreaking scene for me. You could just see the heartache on Sera's face & Ben just seemed like a shell of a man at this point. Too far gone to turn back & seek help. And you could tell from his expression what he was feeling as well. Outstanding performances from both Cage & Shue in that scene. As far as this particular scene I felt that Cage was over acting a bit at this point. I mean I've seen people with the shakes and dts but never anything to that extreme where you can't even sign your name. His facial expressions are pretty hilarious though 😂😂😂
I have been clean and sober for 25 years and DO NOT miss those mornings, I was a whiskey hound like this guy and trying to ride out the DTs is absolutely brutal!
*“If you could see, what i see. You wouldn’t be doing this to yourself.”* As an addict who’s been clean for almost ten years, that hit me in my soul. That is a heavy statement to hear.
Withdrawal from drink is so relentlessly punishing to one physically, spiritually, psychologically, mentally and whatever else you link YOURSELF too. Anyone reading this take heed to the warning. Alcohol, can and will destroy "You".
Been there..almost knocked my front teeth out with a bottle bc my shakes were so bad. In my 8th yr sober and thank you for the clip..a not so subtle reminder of what awaits me should I stray
There are (2) seminal portrayals of alcoholism IMO; this performance by Cage and the lighter version as portrayed by Foster Brooks. Both brilliant and impossible not to watch, even though they are so, so different.
@@EvoPortal Well, I was a few weeks in detox a while ago. I was sober for a few months, then I hit on hard times and everything went right south, sadly.
One of my favoutite movies now. I watched it for the first time 2 months ago and now I always rewatch some moments of it on TH-cam. In Russia where I'm from, this movie isn't so popular. Unfortunately...
Yes I'm a alcoholic .quit 3 days ago. Doing my job has been very hard since quitting. Like Ben I think my boss and guys I work with know what I am. They never said anything .... road to sobriety
It's an absolute nightmare to experience this. Crawling out your own skin, in line at a bank or check cashing place, hoping to God your bogus check gets cashed. For you can't endure another second of withdrawal
That was .me at the bank i was shaking so bad i couldnt even sign i asked if i can just get my money and continue y banking later. The woman looked scared and i was sweating. I felt like I was dying just standing there. So she gave me my money i ran acrosss the street, drank until I was calm came back finished my banking with ease. Alcohol dependency is one of the worst things in the world, thanks be to God Jesus carried me through.
In rehab there was a guy, a chef, whose shakes were so bad he couldn't even walk during his withdrawal. He showed up in a wheelchair and was a wreck for the first week. Everyone rejoiced for him when we saw him striding relaxed a few days later. It was a powerful thing to witness.
LOL i remember i knew a guy in rehab who forgot english (he was polish) but started relearning it slowly as he sobered up. he wore a shirt with a baseball and bat on it that said "see ball, hit ball, run fast, turn left" but never played baseball a day in his life
My brother was similar, shaking so bad he couldn't walk, i had to help him into an ambulance
I drank for over a year straight with no break. When I stopped I couldn't walk for probably like 5 days.
Wow. O:
They wouldn't even let me in the rehab....they called an ambulance and I ended up in the ICU and the hospital for 15 days....that was 4 years ago......Peace!
Reminds me of Ray Ray at Caesar's Palace... He literally told me "son, your eyes are starting to yellow. You're here every night/morning .... You need help. I'll serve you two drinks, but no more"
As an alcoholic, I just went to another bar in the casino after the two with him...
But he saved my life. Genuinely.
interesting.i understand i;m not full blown but have snuck around hop youre recovered
Don't worry, you can't drink like that in Vegas casinos anymore unless you are gambling. Prices are ridiculous, you'll go broke before you can die from the drink
@@BigBadJerryRogersyes you can
@@BigBadJerryRogersnahh, Locals don't pay through the nose like tourists do. Also , there are several places around town that are cheap to eat and drink , especially for locals
People who think Nicolas Cage is a bad actor need to watch this film. The Academy Award was well deserved
You’re absolutely correct about Mr. Cage, yet whenever I close my eyes, all I can see are *the bees*
OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES!
Who tf said he's a bad actor? He's one of the best.
There's an AA pun in there somewhere.
@@METALFACEDOOMXXXXlots of people do. To be fair, he has been in some awful movies with some very subpar performances.
@@factsdontlie4342so has robert de niro
Hard to believe he was only 31 here. He really dove in at full speed when he played this character
He was 24-25 for Vampires Kiss. He already developed his own acting technique, “nouveau shamanism”, at that age which is astounding.
@@7brokenribscan you explain what that is exactly? I've heard him say it before but I have no idea what he means.
@@johnny1978 it more or less equates to mean expressionism acting i.e. pre-method acting more dramatized facial expressions and body movements an example would be another of Cage's major influences James Dean "You're tearing me apart!"
18 is a full grown man, 31 you've lived in a fully grown man's body for well over a decade and a third.
You can see why he won an Oscar, I think he's deserving of more that one imo
This is the kind of movie that you see once and stays with you for a lifetime. A sad movie that reflects itself all too often in real life.
Once is plenty.
It messed me up.
I've watched it twice and forgot most of the movie.
I remember watching this as a young man. This movie helped me to see what the bartender saw, and to commit to getting sober. Best thing I ever did for myself.
Oh man...15 months sober now and Nicolas Cage at the bank really hits home. That was me. When she says "One moment...just sign", wow I felt that. The agony and despair of having to suffer through just one moment. The inability to hold a pen. Times were hard, and they are hard now but I'm sober and I'll persevere. Be strong, be fierce.
Iv been sober, half a year. What goes around comes around.
Oh man, me too! I have been in hospital so many times suffering the shakes like you could not imagine. Glad you made it .DTs is the most scary thing I've encountered in my 54 years on this planet, I don't know you but thank you for sharing sir.
sobriety is life.. its an embracing of life..
they are hard now?
@@cameronpickard7456 I suppose not so much. I get scared and stressed, but if I'm sober and in good health I can get through most things in life. I was so close to death so many times, in and out of the ER. If I can stay sober, there shouldn't be a lot I can't handle. I'm afraid of homelessness, but I'm healthy and I work hard. I'm studying computer science, and will probably pursue software development. I can write code from an obama phone ffs LOL
Nicolas Cage's finest performance.
Without question.
For those who claim he can't act...
This movie should be free
100% - And I love Nic Cage in many movies, this is is opus.
Pig is up there with this
If you’ve never lived it, consider yourself a lucky person.
My neighbor is my best friend and he live it.. How do i heal him...can't remember to forget you...
@@remimartin8493 You help him when he's serious about helping himself.
There isn't much else you can do beyond not enabling him.
Luck has nothing to do with it. Be responsible and make good choices, and you'll never become an alcoholic.
@@A_Final_Hit lol you don't have this problem your are not able to understand
@@remimartin8493 That's because I drink responsibly, and make good choices. Therefore, I'm not now, or will ever be, an alcoholic. Cheers! 🥃
What an amazing exchange during the bar scene. The bartender is horrified and concerned, and then eventually gives up on him
Yeah you know he's bad when even the bartender starts trying to talk some sense into him
@Fredrick Frederickson I see what you're saying, but it typically is not a great idea to tell employers you're having issues with alcohol, pretty much ever. The reason is, there's a huge stigma about it in most of society, where it's considered a moral failing, rather than the disease it actually is - and regardless, employers will think about the reliability of that employee, even if they do actually get help and get sober. I've known people who've actually admitting to having a problem to their boss or whoever, only for them to say they understood and whatever, then slowly phase them out of work or fire them a few weeks later for some reason they basically just made up.
At the bank, was he shaking and sweating due to a hangover or due to the onset of delirium tremens?
@@WizardOfHumor1989 Withdrawals - at a certain point with alcohol dependency the shakes kick in pretty quickly, like the next day after drinking.
just like family
Had to watch this when I was in DUI classes. Most of the people there joked a lot and I don’t think understood the severity of their actions or the path they were headed down. I think that changed after this. The silence during this movie was something I won’t forget.
Ironically the character in this movie drives just fine while drinking and shows a police officer driving right next to him. 😆
As someone who also suffered from the "shakes" (withdrawal symptom), the bank scene really hits me hard. So glad I got 7 years clean now.
good for you must be great
God bless you.
How long do they last
Congratulations and God bless you, many people don't make it and die, it's a sad disease
🙏 God bless you
the bank scene is something only alcoholics will understand, the way you have to plan minute details of your day-to-day life around drinking
yes everything mundane that needs to b done is stressfull and anxiety inducing
Speak for yourself. I'm an alcoholic and my life isn't this way. My life is dedicated to my Family. Sometimes you just have to do what it takes to make a living and support your Family..
Exactly. I would sit in my car and time it. I would actually time whether or not I could get out of said building based on alcohol.
@@stevegreene271 If you're an alcoholic you're blind to the facts. Trust you're ruining your family.
@@stevegreene271 i'd like to hear your family's take on this
One of John Travolta's best performances.
Lol
Top tier comment lol
🤣🤣🤣
Ha
😂😂😂😂
“I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking, or I started drinking because my wife left me...”
He doesn't remember when the transition happened between heavy drinker (what he thought was acceptable) and massive alcoholic (what he became).
Considering that the character probably git divorced a few years before the films setting, it doesn't make sense he'd be able to endure and function as an alcoholic and die from it in such a short time
@@outlawquelshingdixienothin8893 noooo spoiler
@@outlawquelshingdixienothin8893 read the book. Most haven't read the book. It's freaking intense.
Didn't he also say something like, "I don't know if I forget because I drink or if I drink to forget."?
Only survivors are around to tell their stories, and this movie is important because it tells the story of someone who didn’t make it, and there have been so many.
Cage is so brilliant in this movie - you can just see these glimmers of the person he was meant to be behind the drunken, desperate man that he is when we meet him.
It should have showed more
Worked at a 24 hour retail store, where in our state you can’t buy alcohol between the hours of 2-6am ( not sure about other states). Every morning At 5:45am the same guy would be parked outside waiting for 6am to come around. Sharp at 6, he would walk in and grab 3 tall ones, and bring it to the register. When he had to pay, his hands were shaking so violently that he just couldn’t hold the change. Alcoholism is destructive in every way you can imagine.
It is destructive, and yet it's perfectly legal while psilocybin is illegal almost everywhere. Bizarre, eh? I'm not saying alcohol should be illegal, but there is a reason we had a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. Families were being destroyed. Meanwhile, magic mushrooms are not addictive and there is no known lethal dose.
you work retail lol its you who is the looossssser
@@IFYOUREADTHISUAREWEIRDANDGHEY well, perhaps from your perspective I’m a looser for working at retail for so many years, but there are so many customers that are happy to see me at work. We have good conversations, and I can tell they appreciate me helping them with their needs, and sometimes they even ask for me. I think anyone can be a looser at any job, or be very successful as well.
go stack the toilet paper so i can wipe my backside with your time and broken dreams lol @@arymonem
Utah?
Probably the best acting of his career in this one.
The only good acting in his career, say another good movie Nick is in? I dare you
Well, he won the Oscar for this, and so did Elizabeth Shue, so… 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤘🤘👏👏🤣🤣❤️❤️
@GraffitiWasHere Bad Lieutenant, The Unbearable Weight, Pig, Adaptation, Mandy and Raising Arizona to name but 6, there are more. Cage is a fantastic actor with an incredible filmography and there is a reason why he is so sought after. A great guy too by all accounts
Oscar worthy
@@TheSerialRapist I tend to agree.... he's a classic over actor
The fridge scene... gosh I've been there many times and it's agony. Brilliantly played as a true alcoholic to an actor genius... yep you got this in one...I am very vocal on SM... but as someone that is doing 8 bottles of red wine day I bloody get this and NC you cracked this, TY
Delirium Tremens... it's horrifying...
8 bottles of red wine a day doesn't make you an alcoholic, it just means you're French
No way your doing 8 bottles wine a day and staying func
I did a bottle before work, another at the train station pub before the office opened, 2 at lunch and 2 in the evening and then zonk out...unless I was out with friends when I'd do another 2 but that was difficult and I'd be no good to anyone. @@josefdenis3799
Almost three years clean and sober and that scene was rough! Been there a few more times than I can count. I let the bad memories of my addiction play out in my head as they come to me. They are a wonderful prescription for maintaining by sobriety!! Don't be afraid to speak out when you need help, be afraid of not speaking up!
I love how the bartender just gives him a full-to-the-brim glass for free. thats like a 5/6 double. And with that he is saying, if i can't help you in life, i will help you to the grave you so sorely desire. Either way i will help you.
You didn't think there was a little disdain/malice in the gesture?
@@adriatic.vineyards that and a whole lot more but it doesn't take away from my interpretation.
@@barryschalkwijk9388you don't help alcoholic by giving them a drink... You help your money account.. Just an a**h**s
DT's are the worst. I've been through them so many times, it is absolute torture.
Me too, the only way to feel 'normal' is to drink more which then makes it even worse the next day. Dangerous alcoholic trap.
I can’t imagine what it’s like to get into that phase in alcohol withdrawal. I believe you when you say torture. Hope you’ve been doing better since.
yeah also the disgusting taste in your mouth and stomach that is involved with it and senses heightened intensely, all 5 senses. It is the nervous system running overclocked beyond capability pretty much if you compare it to overclocking a computer cpu or hardware.
Hallucinating from alcohol withdrawal is the most terrifying event you can have in your life, but yet some people continue to drink even after experiencing them. I know I do….
😂
AA and surrendering to a higher power are what supposedly work… Godspeed
What's it like like how bad do the hallucinations get? how real how long do they last etc.?
@@danielhicks4826my only best friend is alcoholic.. The hallucination are like waking up from a dream but still being in a dream... Your hallucination warn you about your worst fear.. In many case.. Fear of death.. But when the alcohol is all you need... How do you make sense of all of this.. Blaming alcohol is never through.. Or in a fugitive way.. Lose of memory and psychosis may occur.. With some paranoia and hysterical behaviors.. But at least.. Drinking less each day make a good deal of it.. Until you choose something else like w*ed who is far less lethal for yourself or somebody else
It's really not that terrifying, once you get used to them
One of the best performances of all time
I figured out the best way to describe Nic Cage. A great actor who has been in alot of terrible films! But this one is truly a gem about (Addiction & Existentialism )
Agreed. The Rock was a decent action film and Con Air was a bit less so, but still watchable. But this performance was incredible, as was the film as a whole.
Edit: But let's not forget Raising Arizona. That was a great film as well. It was primarily comedy, but the ending was very somber and thought-provoking and to be honest quite a tear-jerker...but in a good way.
@@cswann8
Raising Arizona is such a good film all around.
He’s a fantastic actor who is for the odd ones out. He specializes in scripts that almost nobody would green-light, and gives his all into it. Leaving Las Vegas was too bleak for Hollywood, but Cage took it because he thought “I probably won’t win an Oscar anytime soon”. That’s why I love him. He helps elevate.
thank god I quit drinking at like peak performance, just as my life was starting to fall apart. caught myself and been sober for years, never had anyone look at me like an alcoholic
I remember this life. I never wanted to hurt anybody.
Most honest bartender...
One of the best performances ever.
I'm sure there's some man going through this. Just get healthy. Live your best life. Learn and grow strong. Don't let anyone bring you down.
I think you’re conflating something that’s simple with something that’s easy
I bartended for many years. I started to think I was pouring some guys into the grave.
Much like Bruce willis, cage's more recent movies make people forget how amazing of an actor he was in his prime
Bruce Willis was never a great actor. He was always just playing Bruce Willis
@@commanderkeen3787 unbreakable, sixth sense, looper, watch them, definitely a good actor
@@commanderkeen3787 you're a bad actor
Guess you haven't seen his recent movie then.
@METALFACEDOOM makes sense, let's talk about a guy with early onset dementia and his acting ability. Kinda referring to when he was still younger and healthy, thought that was pretty self explanatory
I can recite this movie from heart I’ve seen it over 100 times … used to own it on VHS … and would watch it almost daily. One of the greatest films ever made
An extraordinary performance by Nic - a well deserved Oscar winner.
cage great showing the desperation of alcoholism
For such a dark, gritty movie it has a dream like quality that I found very unexpected
Great movie. On my top 10 of all time.
I enjoyed watching Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth Shue in this movie
Never like ES … she was ok … but not the star of this movie.
Teller is Carey Lowell who played Jamie Ross in Law and Order. Gotta love his excuse: "I had brain surgery" Bartender is Graham Beckel who was Ford in Paper Chase. Isn't that a contradiction that he's telling someone not to drink in his bar that's open?
I didn't recognize Carey Lowell at all!
7 years of drinking and wasting my life has come to an end. I have to stay sober and I will.
It cant capture the extreme anxiety that comes with withdrawal.
Totally agree. I almost died 12 years ago from bleeding out from my oesophagus and they drained about 8 litres of fluid from my abdomen... but I still stupidly couldn't stop... that anxiety from withdrawal is horrific... and I know the DTs can be fatal if you suddenly stop, so you have to reduce down slowly... it's hard though as you're in the eye of the hurricane and know you have some heavy turbulence to get through before you're out the other side.
Somehow I never saw this movie until last night. Wow! Both Nick and Elizabeth were phenomenal! This is one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. When it was over I sat for a long time processing it.
But one thing nags me about this plot. Why didn't Sera ever say to Ben that she didn't want him to die and ask him to stay alive and be with her. They both declared their love for each other after all. I got the sense that this was a tragedy fairly early on, but kept hoping that Ben would find the desire to live in Sera's affection and returned love.
She does in the book. However, sometimes when you give something everything they want and need, they go the other direction because of their feelings towards themselves and life in general. He ruins their relationship somehow shortly after she begs him to get better...
@@DutchKidRanger They do in the movie too? i know the earring scene is his retaliation for her asking him to seek help.
He wanted Sera to promise him on the sofa-right after she bought him gifts-that she cannot ever to ask him to stop drinking. Later she broke that promise by telling him to go see a doctor.
Ben came to Vegas to drink himself to death, and Sera respected his decision, which is why I think she never asked him to stop, not directly at least.
She basically says it in the scene where she asks him to see a doctor & he refuses. Man that was such a heartbreaking scene for me. You could just see the heartache on Sera's face & Ben just seemed like a shell of a man at this point. Too far gone to turn back & seek help. And you could tell from his expression what he was feeling as well. Outstanding performances from both Cage & Shue in that scene.
As far as this particular scene I felt that Cage was over acting a bit at this point. I mean I've seen people with the shakes and dts but never anything to that extreme where you can't even sign your name. His facial expressions are pretty hilarious though 😂😂😂
@@Joeypopshot I've seen it this bad.
he deserve a web oscar for best actor nominee for the realism and alcohol addicted fact
Mr Cage is unbelievably good actor, one of the best performances in this masterpiece 🎥 movie.
I have been clean and sober for 25 years and DO NOT miss those mornings, I was a whiskey hound like this guy and trying to ride out the DTs is absolutely brutal!
Best scene is when he goes back in the bank after his drinks and signs with aplomb. Delivers a great line too
Sometimes it does feel like Nicolas cage actually has a drinking problem 😂 he didn’t even had to act
Bad joke
*“If you could see, what i see. You wouldn’t be doing this to yourself.”*
As an addict who’s been clean for almost ten years, that hit me in my soul. That is a heavy statement to hear.
Withdrawal from drink is so relentlessly punishing to one physically, spiritually, psychologically, mentally and whatever else you link YOURSELF too. Anyone reading this take heed to the warning. Alcohol, can and will destroy "You".
Somehow Cage looks older here in a 1995 movie, than now.
When I woke up I used to think somebody was poisoning me then I realized I was poisoning me...😂 I was my own worst enemy...😳
Nicholas Cage a great actor This movie is proof of his amazing acting. Movie Leaving Las Vegas should of got an Academy Award'
He did get an Academy Award for this movie.
I shall look at the mini bar in a new light.
Their performances in this movie are gut wrenching
This was an amazing performance by Nicolas cage it made me shiver so honest he must have been there too understand it so well !!
*I'm pretty sure that bank scene is the only one in the whole movie you see him speaking when he's sober?*
Mmm never noticed that … good call
Yup, my wife had to fill out my rehab paperwork cause of the shakes 😢2.5 yrs sober now 😅
Been there..almost knocked my front teeth out with a bottle bc my shakes were so bad. In my 8th yr sober and thank you for the clip..a not so subtle reminder of what awaits me should I stray
I rented this at 9 or so thanks mom for never once checking what I was renting
There are (2) seminal portrayals of alcoholism IMO; this performance by Cage and the lighter version as portrayed by Foster Brooks. Both brilliant and impossible not to watch, even though they are so, so different.
Let's not leave out Denzel in "Flight". Not nearly as crushing, but also an unflinching portrait
I am back, I've got my check and BABY I am ready to sign.
My G … instant friends
This movie really taught me how drinking is cool and fun
Watch the movie Barfly too, that's another drinking classic, it's more fun than this one
Then watch requiem for a dream to see how much fun you can have on opiates and speed
@@BigBadJerryRogersis that the mickey rourke one?
@@borismcfinnigan3430 yes. About Charles Bukowski
The book is phenomenal. Rest easy mike.
Read it while staying in Vegas. That was a trip.
An important movie and the rare one that does a proper expose of the horrors that can lie in alcohol
I know exactly how that plays out IRL. I've been there a thousand times.
All good now?
@@EvoPortal Well, I was a few weeks in detox a while ago. I was sober for a few months, then I hit on hard times and everything went right south, sadly.
My grandma always had the shakes as long as i could remember, i thought thats just how old people were
One of my favoutite movies now. I watched it for the first time 2 months ago and now I always rewatch some moments of it on TH-cam. In Russia where I'm from, this movie isn't so popular. Unfortunately...
It's not popular no matter where your from
@@imadrunk3576 Ok
@@simpleenglish4076 I live in UK and no one has heard of it other than me
@@imadrunk3576 I got it, bro! God bless you!
@@simpleenglish4076 can I live with you? I'm on the streets
I think everyone has a leaving las Vegas story I know I have a few.
I do. For sure.
Alcohol makes us feel good for a moment or 2!
Yes I'm a alcoholic .quit 3 days ago. Doing my job has been very hard since quitting. Like Ben I think my boss and guys I work with know what I am. They never said anything .... road to sobriety
@@nightwalker7198 I bought hookers and used my dads name when I was 18 and hotel room paid by Chrysler
You didn’t die did you
I've been that bar tender, when you see alcoholics every day you think the amount you drink is not a problem.
0:49 is how i felt every time at the end. relentless suffering.
"I guess I can't sleep anymore, time to suffer."
This movie and “Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot” is at par with the lowest you can as an alcoholic.
Straight throwback movie 🍿❤️
Great performance by Cage, Liz did great also.
It's an absolute nightmare to experience this. Crawling out your own skin, in line at a bank or check cashing place, hoping to God your bogus check gets cashed. For you can't endure another second of withdrawal
Fun fact. This movie was made in 24 days
Shame they couldn't make it in 12 days. Lol.
I'd be more impressed if they had made it in 24 hours.
And for $3 million.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BY MR.CAGE
I love the warning. Short. Adult content and language. Yes. Nothing more needed.
Ive been there where i was shaking so bad i literally couldn't button up my own shirt. 3 years sober now
I like how the same society pretends to care about other people, completely ignores and disregards someone that actually needs help
An excellent film and performance.
Notice how nobody in the film enabled this guy. He did this all on his own terms. Except for that free drink.
I got alcohol tremors so bad I can't even sign a check.... 😎🤭
But I need the money to buy more alcohol.
What did it feel like?
First movie made me cry.
I cried when I saw this movie 😢
Sounds like you need a drink
man, he really earned his Oscar
That was .me at the bank i was shaking so bad i couldnt even sign i asked if i can just get my money and continue y banking later. The woman looked scared and i was sweating. I felt like I was dying just standing there. So she gave me my money i ran acrosss the street, drank until I was calm came back finished my banking with ease. Alcohol dependency is one of the worst things in the world, thanks be to God Jesus carried me through.
I would like to drink more after this. Love it.
You mean drink less?
@@BlakeFerretMore.
@@heymancy56I love how you doubled down on your comment 🤣🤣🤣
This movie does make drinking look good … not the effects … but cage does make the drinks look tantalizing
His best role ever.
Bartender is solid dude. Tried to help him
BARFLY is also really good 😀😀😀
I'm fkin horrified by the bank scene... it's so accurate. Even the way he grasps himself.
2:15 Anyone know the name of the song?
I won't be going south for a while by The Palladinos.
0:02 is there a "The following clip will actually pull your heart out and throw it on the train tracks" disclaimer?
I go to Vegas 4 times a year… I’m very unhappy with how my life turned out. It’s the perfect place to be in a busy place and be completely invisible
This was one of the most depressing movies I’ve ever watched. Sad
Get that man some Librium!
Wouldnt touch it. Probably have to induce a coma with major drugs to detox.
Great acting
That music to this mental state....
This movie is really sad I saw it one time that was enough for me.
Been sober twenty years. Just too painful