This vaguely reminds me of movies I’ve seen before (nothing current–probably 1940s to 1960s). Anything come to mind?
Since whet does Nicholas Cage need booze to act “on impulse and without the ability to recognize or understand the full impact of his actions”? For him, that’s just Tuesday.
Were they visiting Joey in Los Vegas?
It’s from 2008, but What Happens in Vegas is on point.
Cage has a fucking Oscar? 
I think his is just the little gold guy standing there just like everybody elses.
Hey, you don’t know what he does with it when the lights go out.
So, Nicholas Cage at 55 has equivalent competency to Britney Spears at 22?
Damn. What days we live in.
Obligatory anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough comment.
They’re more recent than that, but The Hangover and Viva Ned Flanders from the Simpsons come to mind.
At 55 and with 3 divorces already under his belt. Is anybody supposed to believe he’s never heard the word “marry” before?
Shall We Dance (the Fred Astaire movie from 1937, not the more recent Richard Gere thing) had Fred and Ginger getting fake-married for immigration purposes, then falling in love.
It was for playing a hopeless alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas, so it evidently wasn’t much of a stretch.
Oops, I see it was for publicity purposes, not immigration purposes. Same difference.
He’s capable of being a very good actor, but he’s also made some gawdawful choices in his movie roles… and, clearly, his personal life.
So does Halle Berry, Sean Penn, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Being awarded an Academy Award is no assurance of great skill or craft in acting. FWIW, Cage can be a good comedic actor in the right role (e.g. Raising Arizona), or in an oddball role like the (real and fictionan) Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation, though in the latter director Spike Jonze reportedly told Cage to ignore his instincts and just follow direction, which caused him to get an Academy Award nomination. In general, some actors are definitely well served with strong direction.
Stranger
The Afflecks and Damon have four between them I believe.
Sean Penn’s courtroom scene in Judgement In Berlin (1986) showed me that he is a very good actor.
I’ve not seen much films with Sean Penn, but his performance in Woody Allen’s “Sweet And Lowdown” is Oscar worthy IMHO. I love this film and especially his performance.
I don’t agree with Stranger’s first sentence, but understand where it comes from. However, Penn doesn’t belong on that list. He just doesn’t.