2000 USA Home Entertainment release

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REGION 1 NTSC DVD WHICH REQUIRES A MULTIZONE DVD PLAYER

Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell (Stanley Tucci) meets Joe Gould (Ian Holm), 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 0,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 194 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

Screenplay by Howard A. Rodman is based on the magazine article Professor Seagull and the book Joe Gould's Secret by Joseph Mitchell

See review here: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/joe-goulds-secret-2000

Cast also includes: Hope Davis as Therese Mitchell Hallee Hirsh as Nora Mitchell Celia Weston as Sarah Susan Sarandon as Alice Neel Patricia Clarkson as Vivian Marquie Steve Martin as Charlie Duell Allan Corduner as Francis McCrudden

The film's soundtrack includes a number of period songs performed by Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Josephine Baker, Woody Herman, Charlie Parker, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and Geoffrey Menin among others.

Feature running time approx 110 mins

Aspect ratio 1.85:1 / Widescreen 16 x 9 Color, NTSC Audio: English 5.1/English 2.0

Closed captions for the Hearing Impaired

Bonus features: Theatrical trailer; Sundance Festival featurette;cast biographies and filmographies

Used DVD in Ex/VG condition. Stock photo