The Boost
R · 1988 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 1h 35m
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6/10 · IMDb
40% · Rotten Tomatoes
Struggling salesman Lenny Brown (James Woods) gets his big break when real estate speculator Max Sherman (Steven Hill) offers him a prime sales position at his Los Angeles firm. The economic boom of the mid-1980s soon has Lenny and his wife, Linda...
Release date: December 23, 1988 (USA)
Director: Harold Becker
Box office: 784,990 USD
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Orion Pictures, and Hemdale Film Corporation
Based on: Ludes: A Ballad of the Drug and the Dream; by Ben Stein
The Boost is a 1988 American drama film directed by Harold Becker and based on the book Ludes: A Ballad of the Drug and the Dream by Ben Stein.
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The Boost is a disappointing film. It is about Lenny Brown who moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. James Woods and Sean Young ...
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Rising in the money ladder from starting out as a poor man, James Woods' character rises as a big shot, and is wracking in the money. With a beautiful, ...