Joe Gould's Secret (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
Joe Gould
Joe Mitchell
Chef
Minetta Bartender
Tamar (Hostess)
Jack
Francis McCrudden
Monsieur Gerard
Dr. Kim Maxwell
Charlie Duell
Mike, Cop at Coffee Shop
Max Gordon
Therese Mitchell
Sadie Gordon
Waitress
Helen
Mrs. Bagly
Man at Flophouse
Teddy
Pawnbroker
David
Margaret
Cop at the Building Site
Elizabeth Mitchell
Anne
Betty
Phil (The Writer)
Southern Man at the Party
Man at Party
Bartender
Man in Gallery
Janet
Greenwich Village Raven (uncredited)
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Nora Mitchell
Sarah
Harold Ross
Alice Neel
Vivian Marquie
Harry Kolis
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