Theory of Achievement
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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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