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John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing,
but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime by traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth.


  • Hosted and scored by the Lounge Lizards John Lurie, who appeared in Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law,Wild at Heart, and The Last Temptation of Christ, and composed music forMystery Train, Get Shorty, and Clay Pigeons
  • Guest Stars director Jim Jarmusch, singer/actor Tom Waits, and actorsMatt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, and Dennis Hopper
  • As seen on the Independent Film Channel® and Bravo®
  • Original soundtrack featuring John Lurie and Tom Waits available in music stores everywhereand at http://www.strangeandbeautiful.com

Special Features on Criterion's DVD:
  • All six complete episodes
  • Commentary by writer/director/musician John Lurie
  • Exclusive liner notes by Michael Azerrad, author of Come as You Are, TheStory of Nirvana
  • "Big Heart"; music video by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
  • $39.95/1992/color/147 minutes


Here's what the critics are saying
and a link to John Lurie's very cool web site, www.strangeandbeautiful.com

Here's what John says:
"If Kubrick is working with Tom Cruise, the next thing you know Barbra Streisandis going to be working with Terence Malick."
excerpted from an interview for the Independent Film Channel®
EPISODE 1: MONTAUK WITH JIM JARMUSCH
Director Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man, 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, approches the situation with insane zeal. Jacques Cousteau on LSD.

EPISODE 2: JAMAICA WITH TOM WAITS
After destroying their car, Lurie and singer/actor Tom Waits partake in an invigorating canoe trip acrossthe island. Waits gets seasick but heroically agrees to fish again, for red snapper,which he puts in his pants.
Episode 2

Episode 4
EPISODE 3: COSTA RICA WITH MATT DILLON
Lurie and veteran actor Dillon (Drugstore Cowboy) board an unregistered prop planeand fly deep into the jungle to fish the alligator-infested waters of the Rio Colorado. Following the advice of a native mystic, the two perform a ritual dance to attract fish.

EPISODE 4: MAINE WITH WILLEM DAFOE
Lurie and Dafoe (Platoon) brave subzero temperatures to go ice-fishing for brown trout.They pull a few under-limit specimens from the frozen lake, which they dutifully release. Butany luck ends there. The days pass: their meager ration of cheese crackers runs out, and the two become delirious with hunger and cold. These arereal men doing real things.
EPISODE 5: THAILAND WITH DENNIS HOPPER, part 1
Lurie goes deep into the Thai delta with Dennis Hopper, who has electrified movies from Easy Riderto Blue Velvet. The two tourists have come to chase the series' biggest prey yet:the elusive, bloodthirsty giant squid.		EPISODE 6: THAILAND WITH DENNIS HOPPER, part 2
The repartee between the two is undeniably effervescent: "Anybody ever tell you that you looklike a murder?" Lurie asks. "Yeah, my wife," Hopper replies.


Fishing with John will be available in mid-March from Criterion on DVD. Visit your local video retailer or one of these online stores to order your copy today! You can also purchase the DVD through John Lurie's web site at https://www.strangeandbeautiful.com/goods/index.html
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