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_aBecker,Harold _9114101 |
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_aBoost _hvideorecording _cHemdale Film Corporation ; screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan ; produced by Daniel H. Blatt ; directed by Harold Becker. |
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_aSanta Monica, CA _bMGM Home Entertainment _cc2003 |
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_a1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) _bsd., col. _c4 3/4 in |
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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. | ||
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_aDrug addicts, cocainomanía, drama, cocaine abuse, toxicómanos, _9114103 |
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_aPonicsan, Darryl _9114106 |
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_aBlatt, Daniel H _9114107 |
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_aBecker, Harold _9114108 |
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_aWoods, James _9114109 |
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_aYoung, Sean _9114110 |
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_aMyers, Stanley _9114111 |
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_aStein, Benjamin _t'Ludes, the ballad of the drug and the dream _9114112 |
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_aHemdale Film Corporation _9114113 |
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_aMGM Home Entertainment Inc. _993085 |
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