Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould's Secret
Release: 2000-01-21
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 5.9
Drama
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
Hope Davis
as Therese Mitchell
Justine Johnston
as Mrs. Bagly
Hallee Hirsh
as Nora Mitchell
Celia Weston
as Sarah
Harry Bugin
as Anne
Lauren Ward
as Betty
Sarah Hyland
as Elizabeth Mitchell
Steve Martin
as Charlie Duell
Nell Campbell
as Tamar (Hostess)
Susan Sarandon
as Alice Neel
Jack O'Connell
as Chef
Allan Corduner
as Francis McCrudden
Peter Francis James
as Man at Party
Patricia Clarkson
as Vivian Marquie
David Wohl
as Max Gordon
Stanley Tucci
as Joe Mitchell
Ben Jones
as Southern Man at the Party
Merwin Goldsmith
as Monsieur Gerard
Aida Turturro
as Waitress
Richard Litt
as Bartender
Alice Drummond
as Helen
Gordon Joseph Weiss
as Man at Flophouse
Ben Shenkman
as David
John Tormey
as Harry Kolis
James Hanlon
as Mike, Cop at Coffee Shop
Julie Halston
as Sadie Gordon
Ian Holm
as Joe Gould
