Joe Gould's Secret
2000-01-21 | 104 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Ian HolmJoe Gould
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Stanley TucciJoe Mitchell
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Hope DavisTherese Mitchell
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Sarah HylandElizabeth Mitchell
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Hallee HirshNora Mitchell
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Celia WestonSarah
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Susan SarandonAlice Neel
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Patricia ClarksonVivian Marquie
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John TormeyHarry Kolis
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Jack O'ConnellChef
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Nell CampbellTamar (Hostess)
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Allan CordunerFrancis McCrudden
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Merwin GoldsmithMonsieur Gerard
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Steve MartinCharlie Duell
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James HanlonMike, Cop at Coffee Shop
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David WohlMax Gordon