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Theory of Achievement
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Title: Theory of Achievement

Release Date: 7 Mar 1991

Runtime: 18m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Alive From Off Center, Yo Productions #2, Possible Films

Production Companies: Alive From Off Center, Yo Productions #2, Possible Films

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (13 votes)

Cast

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