Joe Gould's Secret

    Joe Gould's Secret
    2000

    Synopsis

    Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.

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      Cast

      • Ian HolmJoe Gould
      • Stanley TucciJoe Mitchell
      • Hope DavisTherese Mitchell
      • Sarah HylandElizabeth Mitchell
      • Hallee HirshNora Mitchell
      • Celia WestonSarah
      • Patrick TovattHarold Ross
      • Susan SarandonAlice Neel
      • Patricia ClarksonVivian Marquie
      • John TormeyHarry Kolis

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