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The Boost
Imagine having all the power, passion and pleasure money can buy. Now imagine losing them.
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed "boost". What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra "boost".
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Cast
James Woods
Sean Young
John Kapelos
Steven Hill
John Rothman
Amanda Blake
Grace Zabriskie
Marc Poppel
Fred McCarren
Suzanne KentDetails
- Director
- Harold Becker
- Writers
- Ben Stein, Darryl Ponicsan
- Release date
- December 23, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $785K worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Hemdale Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures
