Joe Gould's Secret

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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.

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Creators

Stanley Tucci

director

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Howard A. Rodman

writer

Cast

Ian Holm actor Stanley Tucci actor Hope Davis actor Sarah Hyland actor Hallee Hirsh actor Celia Weston actor

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Patrick Tovatt actor Susan Sarandon actor Patricia Clarkson actor

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John Tormey actor

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Jack A. O'Connell actor

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Jerry Mayer actor Nell Campbell actor

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Ron Ryan actor Allan Corduner actor Merwin Goldsmith actor Laura Hughes actor Steve Martin actor

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James Hanlon actor David Wohl actor