Anne Lange

Leaving Las Vegas -- Nicolas Cage garnered a Best Actor Oscar for his hauntingly disturbing portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic who falls for a compassionate Las Vegas prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) in one of the year's most critically acclaimed films.

Josh and Sam are two brothers who are tired of their home life and tired of each other. Their mother is about to wed a Frenchman and the two are facing the prospect of moving in with their father in Florida. Josh, not too keen on this idea, uses his creative talents to stir up an adventure instead of a move. He convinces his brother that he is a genetically altered mutant, trained for warfare, also known as an S.A.M. Josh tells Sam that he is going to be sent to Africa to fight and that his only escape is to flee to Canada. The boys embark on a cross-country journey where they steal a car from a drunk, meet Alison the Liberty Maid, and are on the run from the cops. Will the boys ever make it to Canada, or will they give up and head for home?

Richard Gere stars as a charming construction worker afflicted with a manic depressive disorder. When he finds himself hospitalized, he is treated by a phychiatrist who, while attempting to control the extremes of his moods and the mercurial quality of his illness, is shocked to find herself falling in love with him.

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood talent rep, loses his job because of his drinking. Despondent, he goes to Las Vegas to end his life in one final binge. But, on the Strip, his plans are interrupted when he meets Sera...a street-smart hooker. Ben and Sera's chance meeting becomes a respite on the road to oblivion as these two disenfranchised souls form a bond that is as mysterious as it is immutable. Based upon the novel by John O'Brien.