Film

Joe Gould's Secret

2000 · 1h 44m · Drama

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Metacritic

74

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 A. O'Connell

Chef

Jerry Mayer

Minetta Bartender

Nell Campbell

Tamar (Hostess)

Ron Ryan

Jack

Allan Corduner

Francis McCrudden

Merwin Goldsmith

Monsieur Gerard

• Stanley TucciDirector
• Howard A. RodmanWriter
• Maryse AlbertiDirector of Photography
• Evan LurieOriginal Music Composer
• Suzy ElmigerEditor

Release date

January 21, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

6

Genres

Drama