Theory of Achievement (1991)
Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Hal Hartley
Writer: Hal Hartley
The Cast
Bob Gosse
Jessica Sager
Jeffrey Howard
Elina Löwensohn
Bill Sage
Naledi Tshazibane
Mark Chandler Bailey
Nick Gomez
Ingrid Rudefors
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