Theory of Achievement

18m
ComedyDrama
6.2

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.

Cast

Bob Gosse
Unknown
Jessica Sager
Unknown
Jeffrey Howard
Unknown
Elina Löwensohn
Unknown
Bill Sage
Unknown
Naledi Tshazibane
Unknown
Mark Chandler Bailey
Unknown
Nick Gomez
Unknown
Ingrid Rudefors
Unknown

Crew

Hal Hartley
Director, Writer
Michael Spiller
Cinematography
Larry Meistrich
Producer
Ted Hope
Producer
Steve Rosenzweig
Production Design

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