Joe Gould's Secret [125709] Released: 2000-01-21 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 104 mins Popularity: 0.9444 Vote Average: 6.118 Vote Count: 17 Overview: 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 [40] Ian HolmJoe Gould Stanley TucciJoe Mitchell Hope DavisTherese Mitchell Sarah HylandElizabeth Mitchell Hallee HirshNora Mitchell Celia WestonSarah Patrick TovattHarold Ross Susan SarandonAlice Neel Patricia ClarksonVivian Marquie John TormeyHarry Kolis Jack O'ConnellChef Jerry MayerMinetta Bartender Nell CampbellTamar Ron RyanJack Allan CordunerFrancis McCrudden Merwin GoldsmithMonsieur Gerard Laura HughesDr. Kim Maxwell Steve MartinCharlie Duell James HanlonMike, Cop at Coffee David WohlMax Gordon Julie HalstonSadie Gordon Aida TurturroWaitress Alice DrummondHelen Justine JohnstonMrs. Bagly Gordon Joseph WeissMan at Flophouse Andre BelgraderTeddy Gabor MoreaPawnbroker Ben ShenkmanDavid Katy HanszMargaret Mark CasellaCop at the Building Harry BuginAnne Lauren WardBetty Jessica WallingPhil Ben JonesSouthern Man at the Peter Francis JamesMan at Party Richard LittBartender Tom ForalMan in Gallery Leigh CarlsonJanet Hillary HickamGreenwich Village Ra Jon M. McDonnellBar Patron Trailers