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Joe Gould's Secret

Not Rated
Drama
6.1/10(16 ratings)

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.

01-21-2000
1h 44m
Joe Gould's Secret
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Production Info

Director:
Stanley Tucci
Writer:
Howard A. Rodman

Key Crew

Original Music Composer:
Evan Lurie

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Languages:
en