TMDb Rating
6.2/10
13 verified votes
Theory of Achievement (1991)
ComedyDrama
18 min
Plot Summary
This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brooklynites who would love to make something of their lives -- assuming they can pay the rent first.
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Keywords to include
ComedyDramaHal HartleyBob GosseJessica Sager1991
Director
Hal Hartley
Top Cast
Bob GosseJessica SagerJeffrey HowardElina LöwensohnBill Sage
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