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Joe Gould’s Secret 2000
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.
Director:Stanley Tucci
Stars:Celia Weston, Hallee Hirsh, Hope Davis, Ian Holm, John Tormey, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick Tovatt, Sarah Hyland, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
Year:2000