Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

Joe Gould's Secret

21/01/2000

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

Ian Holm

Joe Gould

Stanley Tucci

Joe Mitchell

Hope Davis

Therese Mitchell

Sarah Hyland

Elizabeth Mitchell

Hallee Hirsh

Nora Mitchell

Celia Weston

Sarah

Patrick Tovatt

Harold Ross

Susan Sarandon

Alice Neel

Patricia Clarkson

Vivian Marquie

John Tormey

Harry Kolis

Jack O'Connell

Chef

Jerry Mayer

Minetta Bartender

Nell Campbell

Tamar (Hostess)

Ron Ryan

Jack

Allan Corduner

Francis McCrudden

Merwin Goldsmith

Monsieur Gerard

Laura Hughes

Dr. Kim Maxwell

Steve Martin

Charlie Duell

James Hanlon

Mike, Cop at Coffee Shop

David Wohl

Max Gordon

Julie Halston

Sadie Gordon

Aida Turturro

Waitress

Alice Drummond

Helen

Justine Johnston

Mrs. Bagly

Gordon Joseph Weiss

Man at Flophouse

Andre Belgrader

Teddy

Gabor Morea

Pawnbroker

Ben Shenkman

David

Katy Hansz

Margaret

Mark Casella

Cop at the Building Site

Harry Bugin

Anne

Lauren Ward

Betty

Jessica Walling

Phil (The Writer)

Ben Jones

Southern Man at the Party

Peter Francis James

Man at Party

Richard Litt

Bartender

Tom Foral

Man in Gallery

Leigh Carlson

Janet

Hillary Hickam

Greenwich Village Raven (uncredited)

Jon M. McDonnell

Bar Patron (uncredited)