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Barfly
Why this pick
Like Leaving Las Vegas, it finds bruised humanity and unexpected tenderness in addiction, refusing easy redemption while keeping its damaged protagonist vividly alive.
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MOVIE1995 1h 52m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ben Sanderson is a Hollywood screenwriter whose alcoholism costs him his job, family, and friends. With nothing left to live for, and a sizable severance check from his boss, he heads to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. One early morning he drives drunkenly from his Los Angeles home down to the Las Vegas Strip; he nearly hits a woman, Sera, on the crosswalk. She chastises him and walks away.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nicolas Cage
Ben Sanderson
Elisabeth Shue
Sera
Steven Weber
Marc Nussbaum
Kim Adams
Sheila
Emily Procter
Debbie
Valeria Golino
Terri
Shashi Bhatia
Hispanic Prostitute
Anne Lange
Business Colleague