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The Boost

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Calorie Rating: 133
Released: 1988-12-23
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Budget: 8000000
Revenue 784990
Studios: Hemdale Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures,


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".

Director / Directors



Cast

James Woods
Character: Lenny Brown
Sean Young
Character: Linda Brown
John Kapelos
Character: Joel Miller

Steven Hill
Character: Max Sherman
Kelle Kerr
Character: Rochelle
John Rothman
Character: Ned

Amanda Blake
Character: Barbara
Grace Zabriskie
Character: Sheryl
Marc Poppel
Character: Mark

Fred McCarren
Character: Tom
Suzanne Kent
Character: Helen
Libby Boone
Character: Delores

Greg Deason
Character: Michael
David Preston
Character: Surfer
June Chandler
Character: Secretary

Edith Fields
Character: Office Manager
Barry Jenner
Character: Billy
David Tress
Character: Dr. Shapiro

David Bantly
Character: Dr. Bishop
John Philbin
Character: Tim


Production and Crew

Waldemar Kalinowski
Production Design

Mel Howard
Co-Producer
Darryl Ponicsan
Co-Executive Producer
John Daly
Executive Producer

Susan Becker
Costume Design
Julia Phillips
Executive Producer
Harold Becker
Co-Executive Producer

Derek Gibson
Executive Producer
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Deborah Figuly
Key Makeup Artist

Jeanne Townsend
Makeup Artist
Cinzia Zanetti
Makeup Artist
Terry Carr
Co-Producer

Kenneth Hardy
Art Direction
Bill Myer
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Cindy Carr
Set Decoration
Thomas J. Mack
Associate Producer

Howard Atherton
Director of Photography

Alexander Witt
Camera Operator