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".
Crew and Cast
Harold BeckerDirector
James WoodsLenny Brown
Sean YoungLinda Brown
John KapelosJoel Miller
Steven HillMax ShermanKelle KerrRochelle
John RothmanNed
Amanda BlakeBarbara
Grace ZabriskieSheryl
Marc PoppelMark
Fred McCarrenTom
Suzanne KentHelenLibby BooneDelores
Greg DeasonMichael
David PrestonSurfer
June ChandlerSecretary
Edith FieldsOffice Manager
Barry JennerBilly
David TressDr. ShapiroDavid BantlyDr. Bishop
John PhilbinTim
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 23 December 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 5.6 / 10 (60 votes)
Production
- Director
- Harold Becker
- Writers
- Darryl Ponicsan
- Studios
- Hemdale Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Revenue
- $784,990.0
- Profit
- $7.2M loss
- Return
- 0.1×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English