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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.

2000 |1h 44m |  Drama

Cast

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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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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 O'Connell

Chef

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Nell Campbell

Tamar (Hostess)

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Allan Corduner

Francis McCrudden

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Merwin Goldsmith

Monsieur Gerard

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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

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Julie Halston

Sadie Gordon

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Aida Turturro

Waitress

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Alice Drummond

Helen

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Justine Johnston

Mrs. Bagly

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Gabor Morea

Pawnbroker

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Ben Shenkman

David

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Lauren Ward

Betty

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Ben Jones

Southern Man at the Party

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Peter Francis James

Man at Party

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Richard Litt

Bartender

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Status

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Language

English

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