Joe Gould's Secret
2000, Film, 104 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
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.
Directed by Stanley Tucci
Cast
- Ian Holm as Joe Gould
- Stanley Tucci as Joe Mitchell
- Hope Davis as Therese Mitchell
- Sarah Hyland as Elizabeth Mitchell
- Hallee Hirsh as Nora Mitchell
- Celia Weston as Sarah
- Patrick Tovatt as Harold Ross
- Susan Sarandon as Alice Neel
- Patricia Clarkson as Vivian Marquie
- John Tormey as Harry Kolis
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