Synopsis
John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn’t stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime in 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.
Cast
| Willem Dafoe | |
| Dennis Hopper | |
| Jim Jarmusch | |
| John Lurie | |
| Tom Waits | |
| Narrator | Robb Webb |
Credits
| Director | John Lurie |
| Screenplay | John Lurie |
| Cinematography | Tom Krueger and Michael Spiller |
| Editing | Robert Burden and Mike Weiss |
| Associate producer | Sara Rychtarik |
| Line producer | Coleen Fitzgibbon |
| Executive producers | Telecom staff |
| Music | John Lurie |
| Hut by | Stephen Torton |
Disc Features
- All six complete episodes
- Commentary by writer/director/musician John Lurie
- “Big Heart” music video by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
From the Current
Fishing with John
by Apr 26, 1999At some point in their lives, probably every sleepless person has switched on the TV in the wee hours of a weekend morning and chanced upon a fishing show. Invariably, a beefy, half-forgotten retired athlete shares a boat with some laconic, baseball-hatted master of the piscatory art, patiently...
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