the boost

Director: harold becker

Actor: james woods,sean young,john kapelos,steven hill

Data Published: Fri Dec 23 1988

Genres: Drama,Romance

Key Words: addiction,drug addiction,drugs,cocaine,female star appears nude

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094783/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boost

Description: The Boost is a movie starring James Woods, Sean Young, and John Kapelos. 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...

Plot: Lenny Brown is a real-estate hustler looking to strike it rich. He is married to Linda, 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 a prosperous businessman, Max Sherman, selling lucrative investments in tax shelters. Everything is suddenly first-class for Lenny and his wife. But when the tax laws abruptly change, they find themselves $700,000 in debt. They become increasingly desperate, made worse by the fact that a friend, Joel Miller, turns them on to cocaine for "a boost." Lenny and Linda both become addicted. They lose their home, car and jobs. Linda becomes pregnant, but falls and suffers a miscarriage after using cocaine. Lenny's life unravels little by little as the drug habit gets the better of him. He gets straight temporarily for one last great business opportunity, but he can't pull it off. This culminates in Lenny severely beating Linda and putting her in the hospital. At this point, Linda decides enough is enough and seeks help. She later falls for the doctor who is treating her. As the end credits roll, we see Lenny still using cocaine in his filthy apartment, reduced to a babbling shell of himself.