Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

  • NR
  • 01/21/2000 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 44m

Overview

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.

Stanley Tucci

Director

Howard A. Rodman

Writer

Cast

Ian Holm's headshot

Ian Holm

Joe Gould
Stanley Tucci's headshot

Stanley Tucci

Joe Mitchell
Hope Davis's headshot

Hope Davis

Therese Mitchell
Sarah Hyland's headshot

Sarah Hyland

Elizabeth Mitchell
Hallee Hirsh's headshot

Hallee Hirsh

Nora Mitchell
Celia Weston's headshot

Celia Weston

Sarah
Patrick Tovatt's headshot

Patrick Tovatt

Harold Ross
Susan Sarandon's headshot

Susan Sarandon

Alice Neel

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