TY - ADVS AU - Becker,Harold AU - Ponicsan,Darryl AU - Blatt,Daniel H AU - Becker,Harold AU - Woods,James AU - Young,Sean AU - Myers,Stanley AU - Stein,Benjamin ED - Hemdale Film Corporation ED - MGM Home Entertainment Inc. TI - Boost U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2003/// CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - MGM Home Entertainment KW - Drug addicts, cocainomanía, drama, cocaine abuse, toxicómanos N1 - 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 ER -