Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

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Wikidata Q280918, film, IMDb tt0113627, TMDB 451: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by year 1995 in mention (‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 1 more episode agrees.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

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Led to

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Connected to

Internal Affairs: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Leaving Las Vegas → Internal Affairs. Both are set in a place supposed to be full of promise but are really full of sin and desperation.
    “They're both set in a place that's supposed to be full of promise, but is, in fact, full of sin and desperation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:46 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)

Mike Figgis: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Mike Figgis → Leaving Las Vegas. Figgis directed both; the two films share DNA of desperate, almost violent sex in a place full of promise and sin.
    “If you watch this movie and you put it next to, uh, leaving Las Vegas, you could tell that they have the same DNA.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:28 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Lost Weekend: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (drunk movies): The Lost Weekend → Leaving Las Vegas. Speakers list drunk-protagonist films: Leaving Las Vegas, The Way Back, the Hangover trilogy.
    “There aren't enough movies these days about guys who get hammered drunk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:04:11 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Twister: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Twister → Leaving Las Vegas. A prequel about Bill the Extreme going off the rails is pitched as Leaving Las Vegas with tornadoes.
    “It's like leaving Las Vegas with tornadoes in Oklahoma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:39:02 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Mike Figgis → Leaving Las Vegas. Figgis directed both; the two films share DNA of desperate, almost violent sex in a place full of promise and sin.
    “If you watch this movie and you put it next to, uh, leaving Las Vegas, you could tell that they have the same DNA.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:28 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Leaving Las Vegas → Internal Affairs. Both are set in a place supposed to be full of promise but are really full of sin and desperation.
    “They're both set in a place that's supposed to be full of promise, but is, in fact, full of sin and desperation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:46 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (drunk movies): The Lost Weekend → Leaving Las Vegas. Speakers list drunk-protagonist films: Leaving Las Vegas, The Way Back, the Hangover trilogy.
    “There aren't enough movies these days about guys who get hammered drunk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:04:11 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Twister → Leaving Las Vegas. A prequel about Bill the Extreme going off the rails is pitched as Leaving Las Vegas with tornadoes.
    “It's like leaving Las Vegas with tornadoes in Oklahoma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:39:02 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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