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082 0 4 _a791.4372
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_bBO
100 _aBecker,Harold
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245 0 4 _aBoost
_hvideorecording
_cHemdale Film Corporation ; screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan ; produced by Daniel H. Blatt ; directed by Harold Becker.
260 _aSanta Monica, CA
_bMGM Home Entertainment
_cc2003
300 _a1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)
_bsd., col.
_c4 3/4 in
500 _aOriginally released as a motion picture in 1988
500 _aBased on the book: 'Ludes by Benjamin Stein.
505 _aThe Boost is a 1988 American drama film directed by Harold Becker. Lenny Brown is a real-estate hustler looking to strike it rich. He is married to Linda (Sean Young), 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 Max Sherman (Steven Hill), a prosperous businessman, selling 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 $700,000 in debt.He decides he needs a "boost" to keep his edge. What he gets instead is an all-consuming need that drags him and his wife into a cycle of shame, denial, and anguish.
508 _aMusic, Stanley Myers; editor, Maury Winetrobe; director of photography, Howard Atherton.
511 1 _aJames Woods, Sean Young.
521 8 _aMPAA rating: R.
538 _aDVD; Dolby Digital stereo. surround; 16x9 widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).
546 _aEnglish dialog with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
546 _aClosed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
650 0 _aDrug addicts, cocainomanía, drama, cocaine abuse, toxicómanos,
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650 7 _2
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650 7 _2
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700 1 _aPonicsan, Darryl
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700 1 _aBlatt, Daniel H
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700 1 _aBecker, Harold
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700 1 _aWoods, James
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700 1 _aYoung, Sean
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700 1 _aMyers, Stanley
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700 1 _aStein, Benjamin
_t'Ludes, the ballad of the drug and the dream
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710 2 _aHemdale Film Corporation
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710 2 _aMGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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_cCD
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