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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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Jessica Sager
Jeffrey Howard
Naledi Tshazibane
Ingrid Rudefors
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(as M.C. Bailey)

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Hal Hartley

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Hal Hartley ... ()

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Ted Hope ... producer
Larry Meistrich ... producer

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Hal Hartley
Jeffrey Howard
John Stearns

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Michael Spiller

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Steve Rosenzweig

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Jeff Pullman ... sound mixer

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Frank Stubblefield ... gaffer (as W. Stubblefield)

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Brandon Rosser ... production assistant

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Also Known As
  • セオリー・オブ・アチーヴメント (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Teoria sukcesu (Poland)
  • Теория успеха (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 18 min
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Trivia This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette Surviving Desire (1992) See more »
Quotes Waitress: I'm only a waitress on the outside.
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