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.
Cast
Ian HolmJoe Gould
Stanley TucciJoe Mitchell
Hope DavisTherese Mitchell
Sarah HylandElizabeth Mitchell
Hallee HirshNora Mitchell
Celia WestonSarahPatrick TovattHarold Ross
Susan SarandonAlice Neel
Patricia ClarksonVivian Marquie
John TormeyHarry Kolis
Jack A. O'ConnellChefJerry MayerMinetta Bartender
Nell CampbellTamar (Hostess)Ron RyanJack
Allan CordunerFrancis McCrudden
