The Boost
1988 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 2,540 VOTES · DIR. Harold Becker
Overview
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 $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed "boost". What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra "boost".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,260 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:42 Ned Lewis.
00:05:23 You could come to dinner. Here's my card.
00:08:17 I got a high school education!
00:11:49 because you don't really identify with it. Sure, it's quaint, I guess.
00:14:45 No, maybe we're going too fast. We should just take this a step at a time.
00:18:43 classifying us a limited partnership, but for tax purposes...
00:21:47 Go home and have a drink. Like the house?
00:24:47 - Come on. - Excuse me.
00:28:05 because he's got a couple of carwashes? Give me a small fucking break!
00:31:45 I don't think we are looking for a passbook, savings account kind of investment.
00:35:12 It's starting to sink in.
00:38:20 That's what they expect us to do, lie in the shadows and lick our wounds.
00:42:07 Sweetheart, I'm exhausted.
00:45:32 It involves plays of Eurodollars against oil shipments.
00:52:42 I wonder when it was you started talking to me that way.
00:57:22 - They help me, I help her. It all works out. - I got a going-away present for you.
01:01:07 You think, just for tonight...
01:04:48 Where is she?
01:10:57 Here, Mark.
01:14:27 You fucked him for dinner, and then brought me the leftovers?
01:18:06 Elizabeth, a week from tomorrow, for four at Morton's.
01:21:51 Your usual table?
01:25:01 We may want to come back here! Why don't you go home? We'll take a cab!
01:29:00 I don't know.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,260
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line01:29:00
Production Record
DirectorHarold Becker
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$784,990
IMDb votes2,540