Joe Gould's Secret

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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  Ian Holm
  Joe Gould
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  Stanley Tucci
  Joe Mitchell
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  Hope Davis
  Therese Mitchell
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  Sarah Hyland
  Elizabeth Mitchell
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  Hallee Hirsh
  Nora Mitchell
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  Celia Weston
  Sarah
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  Patrick Tovatt
  Harold Ross
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  Susan Sarandon
  Alice Neel
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  Patricia Clarkson
  Vivian Marquie
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  John Tormey
  Harry Kolis
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  Jack A. O'Connell
  Chef
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  Jerry Mayer
  Minetta Bartender
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  Nell Campbell
  Tamar (Hostess)
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  Ron Ryan
  Jack
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  Allan Corduner
  Francis McCrudden
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  Merwin Goldsmith
  Monsieur Gerard
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  Laura Hughes
  Dr. Kim Maxwell
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  Steve Martin
  Charlie Duell
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  James Hanlon
  Mike, Cop at Coffee Shop
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  David Wohl
  Max Gordon