Theory of Achievement (1991)
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
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Bob Gosse as |
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Jessica Sager as |
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Jeffrey Howard as |
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Elina Löwensohn as |
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Bill Sage as |
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Naledi Tshazibane as |
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Mark Chandler Bailey as |
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Nick Gomez as |
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Ingrid Rudefors as |
| Directing | Hal Hartley | Director |
| Production | Larry Meistrich | Producer |
| Writing | Hal Hartley | Writer |
| Art | Steve Rosenzweig | Production Design |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Camera | Michael Spiller | Director of Photography |