Synopsis
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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Cast
- 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
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