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Directed by Hal Hartley

Theory of Achievement

17m

Directed by Hal Hartley • 1991 • United States
Starring Bob Gosse, Jessica Sager, Jeffrey Howard

Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk. An aspiring writer tries his hand at real estate, selling Brooklyn as the next great art capital of the world.

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