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Fishing With John

Criterion/Voyager (1992)

NR (Not Rated)

037429136621

8.0

1,895

TV Series | Comedy | Documentary | Sports

USA | English | Color | 02:32

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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.

Episodes View details

1 Jim Jarmusch 24 min | Nov 20, 1991

John Lurie and Jim Jarmusch fish for a shark.

2 Tom Waits | Nov 27, 1991

John Lurie and Tom Waits go to Jamaica to fish for red snapper.

3 Matt Dillon | Dec 04, 1991

John Lurie and Matt Dillon head to Caribbean coast of Costa Rica via small airplane to fish for .

4 Willem Dafoe | Dec 11, 1991

John Lurie and Willem Dafoe travel by snowmobiles in Maine to go ice fishing.

5 Dennis Hopper | Dec 18, 1991

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.

6 Dennis Hopper: Part 2 | Dec 25, 1991

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.

Cast View all

	John Lurie	Self
	Robb Webb	Narrator
	Willem Dafoe	Self
	Dennis Hopper	Self
	Matt Dillon	Self
	Tom Waits	Self
	Jim Jarmusch	Self
	Don Moreno	Self
	Leon Mordacal	Self - Special Appearance

Crew View all

Director	John Lurie
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 details

Edition	Special Edition
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

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