Fishing with John (1991)
Fishing with John (1991)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
John Lurie
Self / Screenplay / Music / Director
Robb Webb
Narrator (voice)
Sara Rychtarik
Associate Producer
Taku Nishimae
Producer
Kenji Okabe
Executive Producer
Jamie Nares
Director of Photography / Camera Operator
Michael Spiller
Director of Photography
Tom Kruger
Director of Photography
Tom Segal
Director of Photography
Victoria McGarry
Assistant Director
Mike Weiss
Editor
Suzanne Fenn
Editor
Kathy Schermerhorn
Editor
Thom Zimny
Editor
Duncan Pettigrew
Assistant Editor
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Editor
Laura Israel
Editor
Caleb Oglesy
Editor
Renee French
Production Manager
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Line Producer
Jim Jarmusch
Self
Tom Waits
Self
Matt Dillon
Self
Willem Dafoe
Self
Leon Mordacai
Self
Dennis Hopper
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 20, 1991
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Running Time30m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
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 Bravo in 1991, and re-ran on IFC in 1998. The Criterion Collection released a DVD of the complete series in 1999.