Fishing With John
John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn’t stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John. Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine’s northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand.
John Lurie and Jim Jarmusch fish for a shark.
John Lurie and Tom Waits go to Jamaica to fish for red snapper.
John Lurie and Matt Dillon head to Caribbean coast of Costa Rica via small airplane to fish for .
John Lurie and Willem Dafoe travel by snowmobiles in Maine to go ice fishing.
Part 1 has John Lurie and Dennis Hopper going fishing in Thailand Starts out in Bangkok with sights and sounds of the people and culture.
Part 2 has John Larie and Dennis Hopper on a fishing boat with unsavory fishermen searching for a giant squid weighing a ton from part 1.
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John Lurie | Self |
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Robb Webb | Narrator |
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Willem Dafoe | Self |
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Dennis Hopper | Self |
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Matt Dillon | Self |
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Tom Waits | Self |
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Jim Jarmusch | Self |
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Don Moreno | Self |
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Leon Mordacal | Self - Special Appearance |
| Director | John Lurie |
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| Writer | John Lurie, Josh Selig | |
| Producer | Taku Nishimae, Kenji Okabe, Mark Gibson, Sara Rychtarik, Deborah Brown, Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury, Jennifer Oxley, Josh Selig, Coleen Fitzgibbon | |
| Musician | John Lurie | |
| Photography | Tom Krueger, Michael Spiller, James Nares, Tom Segal | |
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Stereo [English] |
| Extras | Commentary by Writer/Director/Musician/Host John Lurie "Big Heart" music video by John Lurie and the |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | On Nov 04, 2012 |
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| Quantity | 0 |
| Index | 1932 |
| Added Date | Mar 22, 2018 00:00:00 |
| Modified Date | Mar 03, 2025 21:39:32 |