The Boost

United States

1988

95 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC John Daly, Derek Gibson, Darryl Poniscan, Julia Phillips, Harold Becker

PROD Daniel H. Blatt, Terry Carr, Mel Howard, Thomas J. Mack

SCR Darryl Ponicsan, Benjamin Stein

CAST James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Grace Zabriskie

Lenny and Linda Brown move to California to find their 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”. —IMDb

Director

Harold Becker

Harold Becker (born September 25, 1928) is American film director and producer from New York.

Biography

After studying art and photography at the Pratt Institute, Becker began his career as a still photographer, but later tried his hand at directing television commercials, short films and documentaries. Becker made his film debut in 1972 when he directed The Ragman’s Daughter along with Souter Harris. After this film, he went on to other films, including thrillers where ordinary people are caught up in danger and the unexpected. Of these, the one he is applauded for is his 1979 true story film, The Onion Field.

Becker won the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival Gold Prize for his short film Ivanhoe Donaldson. —Wikipedia

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Westley

18Feb13

Drugs are bad, mkay! But this movie is good.

Danny Bailey

11Mar11

james woods' convincing performance as a drug addict is all that is good about this lackluster picture

Charles Ziegler-Hartmann

22Jul10

Nothing like a coke-fuelled, raging James Woods to depict the horrors of addiction and the vacuum excess eventually brings those desperately flapping their failing Icarus wings to reach the sunlight of success. Although maybe not as intense as Reqiuem For a Dream twelve years later, it still serves as a great tragedy.