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.
Directed by Stanley Tucci
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Ian Holm
Joe Gould
Stanley Tucci
Joe Mitchell
Hope Davis
Therese Mitchell
Sarah Hyland
Elizabeth Mitchell
Hallee Hirsh
Nora Mitchell
Celia Weston
Sarah
Patrick Tovatt
Harold Ross
Susan Sarandon
Alice Neel
Patricia Clarkson
Vivian Marquie
John Tormey
Harry Kolis
Jack A. O'Connell
Chef
Jerry Mayer
Minetta Bartender
Nell Campbell
Tamar (Hostess)
Ron Ryan
Jack
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