John Lurie

Fishing with John

Fishing with John

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.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1992
  • 147 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.33:1
  • English
  • Spine #42

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • All six complete episodes
  • Audio commentary by writer/director/musician John Lurie
  • “Big Heart” music video by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards

    New cover by Elliot Earls

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • All six complete episodes
  • Audio commentary by writer/director/musician John Lurie
  • “Big Heart” music video by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards

    New cover by Elliot Earls
Fishing with John
Cast
Willem Dafoe
Dennis Hopper
Jim Jarmusch
John Lurie
Tom Waits
Robb Webb
Narrator
Credits
Director
John Lurie
Screenplay
John Lurie
Cinematography
Tom Krueger
Cinematography
Michael Spiller
Editing
Robert Burden
Editing
Mike Weiss
Associate producer
Sara Rychtarik
Line producer
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Executive producers
Telecom staff
Music
John Lurie
Hut by
Stephen Torton

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