Fishing with John
| Fishing with John | |
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Cover of the Criterion Collection DVD release
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| Created by | John Lurie |
| Starring | John Lurie Jim Jarmusch Tom Waits Matt Dillon Willem Dafoe Dennis Hopper |
| Opening theme | "Fishing With John" by John Lurie |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Kenji Okabe |
| Running time |
30 min (per episode) |
| Distributor | The Criterion Collection |
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| Original network |
IFC Bravo |
| Original release | 1991 |
30 min (per episode)
Fishing with John is a 1991 television series conceived, directed by and starring actor and musician John Lurie, which earned a cult following. On the surface, the series resembles a standard travel or fishing show: in each episode, Lurie takes a famous guest on a fishing expedition. Since Lurie has no expert knowledge of fishing, the interest is in the interaction between Lurie and his guests, all of whom are his friends. Nothing particularly unusual actually happens, but the show is edited and narrated in a way to suggest that Lurie and his guest are involved in dramatic and even supernatural adventures.
The guests featured are film director Jim Jarmusch, actor Matt Dillon, musician Tom Waits, actor Willem Dafoe and actor-director Dennis Hopper. The series ran for 6 episodes, each featuring a different guest and locale, except for episodes 5 and 6 which both feature Hopper in Thailand. Each episode has voice-over narration by Robb Webb, which is sometimes bizarre and off-topic. The soundtrack is by Lurie, with several guest performers.
Fishing With John originally aired on IFC and Bravo cable channels in 1991.The Criterion Collection issued Fishing With John, on DVD in 1999.
Fishing With John centered on actor and musician John Lurie taking solo fishing trips with various celebrity friends of his. Jim Jarmusch, Matt Dillon, Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe and Dennis Hopper all appear in the series.
In the DVD commentary, Lurie notes that the original plan was to film in Arkansas, but funding issues forced the filming to happen in Jamaica, where Waits was already on vacation. Lurie claimed that following their trip to Jamaica, Tom Waits was displeased to the point that he did not speak to Lurie for two years afterwards.
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