Boost videorecording Hemdale Film Corporation ; screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan ; produced by Daniel H. Blatt ; directed by Harold Becker.
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FilmPublication details: Santa Monica, CA MGM Home Entertainment c2003Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification: - 791.4372 BO
- Music, Stanley Myers; editor, Maury Winetrobe; director of photography, Howard Atherton.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1988
Based on the book: 'Ludes by Benjamin Stein.
The Boost is a 1988 American drama film directed by Harold Becker. Lenny Brown is a real-estate hustler looking to strike it rich. He is married to Linda (Sean Young), a paralegal and amateur dancer. The two are poor in money but rich in love. Linda vows to stick with her husband until she "falls off the earth." He moves to California and goes to work for Max Sherman (Steven Hill), a prosperous businessman, selling lucrative investments in tax shelters. Everything is suddenly first-class for Lenny and his wife and they enjoy a very lavish lifestyle. However, tax laws abruptly change and they find themselves $700,000 in debt.He decides he needs a "boost" to keep his edge. What he gets instead is an all-consuming need that drags him and his wife into a cycle of shame, denial, and anguish.
Music, Stanley Myers; editor, Maury Winetrobe; director of photography, Howard Atherton.
James Woods, Sean Young.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. surround; 16x9 widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).
English dialog with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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