The Boost
MovieTitle | The Boost |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Dec 23, 1988 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Director | Harold Becker |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Hemdale Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures |
Budget | $8,000,000 |
Revenue | $784,990 |
Run time | 95 min. |
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".