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1988 drama film by Harold Becker

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.^[2] It stars James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, June Chandler and Amanda Blake.^[3]

Plot

Lenny Brown is a real-estate hustler looking to strike it rich.

He is married to Linda, a paralegal and amateur dancer.

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The two struggle financially but are deeply committed to each other. Linda vows to stick with her husband until she "falls off the earth."

After Lenny botches a job interview by being over zealous, one of the interviewers, Max Sherman, sees Lenny's talent as a salesman and offers to move him and his wife to California where he and Max will sell lucrative investments in tax shelters.

Everything is suddenly first-class for Lenny and his wife and they enjoy a very lavish lifestyle. However tax laws abruptly change and they find themselves $700,0 The Boost movie review & film summary (1988) | Roger Ebert PONOJ