Theory of Achievement
1991, English. Directed by Hal Hartley.
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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- 0h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 7 March 1991
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Hal Hartley
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Theory of Achievement runs 18 minutes (0h 18m).
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Theory of Achievement isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 1991. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Theory of Achievement?
Theory of Achievement (1991) was directed by Hal Hartley and stars Bob Gosse, Jessica Sager, Jeffrey Howard.