Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
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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- Stanley Tucci
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- Howard A. Rodman
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Release Date: 2000-01-21
5.9/10
5.9/10
- Language: English
- Runtime: 104
Joe Mitchell
Sarah
Vivian Marquie
Elizabeth Mitchell
Joe Gould
Therese Mitchell
Nora Mitchell
Alice Neel
Helen
Charlie Duell
Betty
Harry Kolis
Chef
Tamar (Hostess)
Francis McCrudden
Monsieur Gerard
Mike, Cop at Coffee Shop
Max Gordon
Sadie Gordon
Waitress
Mrs. Bagly
Man at Flophouse
David
Anne
Southern Man at the Party
Man at Party
Bartender
