References
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
- refer to a poem read by Marlon brando in apocalypse now
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Referenced in
"Saturday Night Live: Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms (#21.16)" (1996)
- referenced in 'Leg up'
Fools Rush In (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)
- When the Nicolas Cage-looking character asks "Where's Elizabeth Shue?". Also when the same character later on says that he's "going to go to Las Vegas and drink himself to death"
Cold Hearts (1999)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon (2001) (V)
- referenced in 'Leg up'
Secretary (2002)
- Steven Shainberg said in the DVD commentary that one of the shots in Mr. Grey's library was influenced by a shot from Leaving Las Vegas.
Proinhibition (2004)
- The main character drinks himself into madness, and then death.
Super Size Me (2004)
- One of the doctor's compares the effects of binge fast food eating to binge drinking, mentioning Nic Cage's character in Leaving Las Vegas as an example.
"EastEnders: (2004-09-27)" (2004)
- Referenced by name.
Relative Strangers (2006)
- guess during Charades
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Leaving Las Vegas (#7.11)" (2007)
- episode title
"Family Guy: Movin' Out (Brian's Song) (#6.2)" (2007)
- Name is mentioned
Hamlet 2 (2008)
- Dana compliments Elisabeth Shue on this movie, later references feeling like Nicolas Cage's character
Features
The Third Man (1949)
Featured in
The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV)
Playboy: The Story of X (1998) (V)
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
Spoofed in
Eating Las Vegas (1997)
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