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.
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)