Product Details

• Actors: John Lurie, Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits
• Directors: John Lurie
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Homevision
• VHS Release Date: June 6, 2000
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0780022017
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,426 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Perhaps the last thing viewers would expect from a hipster so bound to the "downtown" scene as John Lurie has been the last two decades would be a fishing show. But Lurie--actor, painter, and leader of the jazz combo the Lounge Lizards--packs up the rods, buys the bait, and somehow convinces filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law) and musician Tom Waits to join him on the water. Volume 1 features Jarmusch and Lurie hunting sharks off the coast of Long Island. Odd, offbeat, and more than a touch insane, Lurie and Jarmusch manage to smoke a lot of cigarettes, ponder the mysteries of life, and actually hook their own private Jaws. With musician Tom Waits in Jamaica, things just get weirder. The evening before their excursion, the duo finds themselves roped into a poker game with residents of the small village where they're staying. The previous night's fun clearly plays itself out the next morning as Waits suffers in hilarious agony. By the end of the trip, Waits has composed a couple of spontaneous sea chanteys and somehow ended up with a fish down his pants. Obviously, this is not your father's fishing show! --S. Duda

Product Description

Auteur Jim Jarmusch, ( Down By Law, Stranger Than Paradise), and Lurie hunt the most dangerous creature in the sea --the shark. Jarmusch ponders the existential question, "Why am I here?" Lurie, however, approaches the situation with insane zeal. Jacques Cousteau on LSD. After destroying their car, Lurie and singer/actor Tom Waits partake in an invigorating canoe trip across the island. Waits gets seasick but heroically agrees to fish again for red snapper, which he puts in his pants.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom, John, and Jim-- a winning combination, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fishing with John, Vol. 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you're Tom Waits and you catch a fish, where do you put it? This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen-- ever. From Tom singing to Jim head banging, it really doesn't get any better. If you are a fan of Tom Waits or Jim Jarmusch, this is a must. If not, it's still a must.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The coolest stuff since Dead Man, May 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fishing with John, Vol. 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Dan in Florida -- you just don't get it. Grab yourself a six of Busch and watch Andy Griffith instead.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surreal and hillarious, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fishing with John, Vol. 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of the funniest videos I have seen in ages...Tom Waits said it best...."I believe in Catch, put in my pants, and release"...it doesn't get any stranger than this.