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Jeffrey Boam
Writer 1946 - 2000

Jeffrey Boam

Rochester, New York, U.S.A

Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, The Lost Boys, and Lethal Weapon 2 and 3. Boam's films had a... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

9 titles
The Phantom

The Phantom

Simon Wincer 1996 1h 40m 5.1

The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

Richard Donner 1992 1h 58m 6.6

Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh, his partner, the three attempt to expose a crooked former policeman and his huge arms racket.

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

Richard Donner 1989 1h 54m 7.1

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Steven Spielberg 1989 2h 7m 8.4

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.

Funny Farm

Funny Farm

George Roy Hill 1988 1h 41m 5.7

Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.

The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys

Joel Schumacher 1987 1h 37m 6.8

A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple teenage friends take it upon them selves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of the of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.

Innerspace

Innerspace

Joe Dante 1987 2h 7.4

A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

David Cronenberg 1983 1h 43m 7.5

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him. Unfortunately, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, he is involved in a wreck with an 18-wheeler and is in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes up from it, he discovers he has an ability to see into other people's lives, past, present and future, by coming into physical contact.

Straight Time

Straight Time

Ulu Grosbard 1978 1h 54m 7.2

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

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