The Boost (1988)
- Directed by
- Harold Becker
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man gets hooked on cocaine and his life falls apart. He and his wife struggle with addiction as their marriage and careers are destroyed.
tenseanxioussaddeningnarcotizingbleakstarkgrippingdisorienting
What happens
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. It stars James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Kelle Kerr, Steven Hill and Amanda Blake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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