Criterion Collection No.42
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Sport
Title: Fishing with John
Year: 1992
Director: John Lurie
Cast
Willem Dafoe
Dennis Hopper
Jim Jarmusch
John Lurie
Tom Waits
Robb Webb
Plot
All Six Episodes
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