Gone Fishin' (1997)

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers (WGA):

Jill Mazursky (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)

Release Date:

30 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Even the fish are laughing!

Plot:

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

Plot Keywords:

Fishing | Boat | Fish | Swamp | Restaurant

Cast

Joe Pesci	...	Joe Waters
Danny Glover	...	Gus Green
Rosanna Arquette	...	Rita
Lynn Whitfield	...	Angie
Willie Nelson	...	Billy 'Catch' Pooler
Nick Brimble	...	Dekker Massey
Gary Grubbs	...	Phil Beasly
Carol Kane	...	Donna Waters
Edythe Davis	...	Cookie Green
Jenna Bari	...	Gena Waters
Samantha Brown	...	Tracy Green
Jeff DiLucca	...	Mack Waters
Jamil Akim O'Quinn	...	Gregory Green
Frank Nasso	...	Young Joe
Raynor Scheine	...	Glenn
Robyn Hackett	...	Nicky
James R. Greene	...	Bubba
Steve Wise	...	J.P.
Claudia Haro	...	Julie
Jonathan Avildsen	...	Parking Lot Valet
Bob Noble	...	Manager
Jeff Prettyman	...	Maitre D'
Judy Clayton	...	Deana Bernini
Antoni Corone	...	Front Desk Clerk
Dana Adamstein	...	Reporter #1
Valerie J. Boey	...	Reporter #2
Joseph Scalora	...	Officer
Tommy DeVito	...	Construction Foreman
Leonard Termo	...	Vending Worker #1
Alfred Nittoli	...	Vending Worker #2
Gary Morgan	...	Bergman
Lisa Hewlett Keen	...	Dining Room Guest
Dave Corey	...	Actor
Baynor Foy Crane	...	Actress
Mark Futch	...	Seaplane Pilot
Al Guthery	...	Helicopter Pilot
John Griffen	...	Blind Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Abby	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Maury Chaykin	...	Kirk, Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Costa	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Louise Fletcher	...	Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Deborah Smith Ford	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Christopher Cain

Writing credits (WGA)
Jill Mazursky		(written by) (as Jill Mazursky Cody) &
J.J. Abrams		(written by) (as Jeffrey Abrams)

Produced by
Lou Arkoff	....	co-producer
Julie Bergman Sender	....	producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Jill Mazursky	....	executive producer (as Jill Mazursky Cody)
Richard H. Prince	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Dean Semler

Film Editing by
Jack Hofstra

Casting by
Rick Montgomery
Dan Parada

Production Design by
Lawrence Miller

Art Direction by
Phil Dagort
Michael Rizzo

Set Decoration by
Cloudia

Costume Design by
Lizzy Gardiner

Makeup Department
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Richard H. Prince	....	production manager
Veronique Vowell	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ty Arnold	....	second second assistant director
Linda Brachman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gary Capo	....	second unit director
Clifford C. Coleman	....	first assistant director
Mickey Gilbert	....	second unit director
Hope R. Goodwin	....	second assistant director
Sean Kavanagh	....	second assistant director
Scott Metcalfe	....	second assistant director
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Daniel Lee Oroszco	....	dga trainee
Daniel Orozco	....	second second assistant director
Perry Santos	....	second assistant director: second unit
Brian Steward	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Diana E. Williams	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Diana Williams)

Art Department
Pedro Barquin	....	stand-by greensman
Jason Bedig	....	leadman
Laureen Clarke	....	art department coordinator
Lisa A. Corbin	....	swing gang
Stephen I. Erdberg	....	property master: second unit
Michael J. Flynn	....	set dresser
Richard Fojo	....	set designer
Mark Garner	....	set designer
Serge Genitempo	....	stand-by painter
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack	....	paint foreman
Erik Grasteit	....	assistant property master
Charles Guanci Jr.	....	set dresser
Tom Ivanjack	....	head paint foreman
Richard E. Kruder	....	property maker: Florida
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
Andrew Neskoromny	....	set designer
Russell J. Smith	....	assistant art director
Chris Snyder	....	construction coordinator
Julie Witherington	....	on-set dresser (as Julie Sexsmith)
John Zemansky	....	property master

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Bassman	....	sound mixer
Tim Cooney	....	sound mixer
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Tom Dahl)
Dino Dimuro	....	sound designer
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer
Rick Morris	....	sound effects editor
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Alberto Saad	....	utility sound
David Stanke	....	assistant sound editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound designer

Special Effects by
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects assistant
Terry Chapman	....	special effects
Michael Clarke	....	special effects
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects supervisor
Jim Greenall	....	animatronic designer and fabricator: alligator
Jeff Jarvis	....	special effects coordinator
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mark A. Brown	....	software specialist: VIFX (as Mark Brown)
Erik Henry	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeff Matakovich	....	visual effects
Paul Taglianetti	....	visual effects crew: VIFX

Stunts
Phil Adams	....	stunts
Christi Baeurle	....	stunts
Christine Anne Baur	....	stunts (as Christine Baur)
Tony Brubaker	....	stunt double: Mr. Glover
William H. Burton Jr.	....	stunts (as Billy Burton Jr.)
Wally Crowder	....	stunts
Lisa Dempsey	....	stunts
Shane Dixon	....	stunt coordinator
Eddy Donno	....	stunts
Chris Durand	....	stunts
Tony Epper	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt double: Mr. Pesci
Christina Fetters	....	stunts
Linda Fetters	....	stunts (as Linda Fetters-Howard)
Steve Filmore	....	stunts
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunts (as Chris Fletcher)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts
Tim Gilbert	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Sandra Lee Gimpel	....	stunts (as Sandra Gimpel)
Charlie Goff	....	stunts
Tanya Goodson	....	stunts
Gary Guercio	....	stunts
Anita Hart	....	stunts
Steve Hart	....	stunts
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem	....	stunts (as 'Ace' Hatem)
Mitch House Jr.	....	stunts
Jamie Keyser	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Jimmy Lewis Jr.	....	stunts
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunts (as Diana Lupo)
Lisa Madison	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
Gene McLaughlin	....	stunts
Doug Metzger	....	stunts
Francine Morris	....	stunts (as Francine 'Scene' Morris)
Alfred Nittoli	....	stunts
Jim O'Rear	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
Eddie Raymond Rewis	....	stunts
Steve Ritzi	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Bill Scharpf	....	stunts
Richard Smith	....	stunts
Debra Tali	....	stunts
Amy Stephen Wilder	....	stunts (as Amy Wilder)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (as Glenn Wilder)
Janet Wilder	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Tommie Mack Turvey Sr	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kurt Beckler	....	grip
Robert Beverlin	....	assistant camera
Kirk Bloom	....	second assistant camera
Richard Bowen	....	camera operator: second unit (as Dick Bowen)
Gary Capo	....	camera operator: second unit
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	lamp operator
Doug Ednie	....	lighting technician
Edward Filian	....	grip
Megan Forste	....	camera loader
James J. Gilson	....	chief lighting technician
Joe Humphreys	....	electrician
Joe Martens	....	lighting technician
Tim McGinnis	....	chief lighting technician
Tim McGinnis	....	rigging gaffer
Mark O'Kane	....	Steadicam operator
Mark O'Kane	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
James M. Reeves	....	grip
Earl C. Williman	....	rigging best boy electric
John Winner	....	camera operator: second unit
Scott Young	....	assistant chief lighting technician

Animation Department
Jim Boulden	....	animatronics and puppets creator

Casting Department
Lisa S. Beasley	....	extras casting
Lauris Freeman	....	casting associate
Anna Liza Recto	....	casting associate: New York
J.P. Shields	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Rhodes	....	costumer
Richard Schoen	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Lynn Leonhard	....	assistant editor
Kristina Trirogoff	....	first assistant editor
Michael Wertz	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	score mixer
Elton Ahi	....	score recordist
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Greg De Belles	....	composer: additional music
Jim DeCicco	....	assistant music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Randy Edelman	....	conductor
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestrator
Kathy Nelson	....	executive in charge of music: Walt Disney
E. Gedney Webb	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Chris Ferrence	....	driver
Aaron Skalka	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Jillian Amburgey	....	script supervisor
Ron Bawden	....	puppeteer
Lamonte Bell	....	payroll accountant
Lark Bernini	....	production coordinator
Jim Boulden	....	puppeteer
Totch Brown	....	technical advisor
Angie Lee Cobbs	....	assistant: Mr. Cain
Lionel Douglass	....	stand-in: Mr. Glover
Ned Dowd	....	head of production: Caravan Pictures
Mike Edmonson	....	second unit supervisor
Deborah Smith Ford	....	assistant to technical advisor
Thom Fountain	....	puppeteer
Karlene Gallegly	....	location manager: second unit
Gary Gillingham	....	production accountant
Jim Greenall	....	puppeteer
Moby Griffin	....	marine coordinator (as John O. 'Moby' Griffin)
Suzanne Gundlach	....	script supervisor
Tami House	....	airboat coordinator: Florida
Cory Izett	....	assistant marine coordinator
Jule Ann Jappe	....	assistant location manager: New Jersey
Katrina Kirby	....	assistant accountant
Clinton Lynch	....	puppeteer
Greg Manion	....	puppeteer
Stephen Mapel	....	location manager
Rob Meisenholder	....	first assistant production accountant
Arthur J. Miller Jr.	....	railroad coordinator (as Art Miller)
Fred Moyse	....	set paramedic
Vincent Niebla	....	puppeteer
Alfred Nittoli	....	stand-in: Mr. Pesci
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (as Claire S. Raskind)
Sheri Reeves	....	production accountant
Trevor Waterson	....	assistant production coordinator
Troy Waters	....	marine crew
Martine White	....	location manager: second unit
Melissa Wiechmann	....	production coordinator
Brian Szot	....	accounting assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Caravan Pictures
• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal) (video)
• Touchstone Home Video (France) (video)

Other Companies

• Animal Makers  prosthetic animals
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation

Also Known As:

Gone Fishing (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild violence and language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #34645) | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Trivia:

The knife was found wrapped in "The Bonita Banner," a biweekly paper published in Bonita Springs, FL, and distributed Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: One of the final scenes shows a "media frenzy." A lens enters from the left of frame, but instead of being a prop TV camera, it's a Panavision Primo lens from a 35mm film camera used to shoot the movie.

Quotes:

Billy "Catch" Pooler: Be the one you want to catch.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Autumn

Something went wrong here...

Danny Glover and Joe Pesci are good actors in my book. But something went seriously wrong in this film. What?

For starters, the script is not funny. But the film is worse than the script. There are dumb scripts that attract a certain audience because the actors somehow manage to be funny/interesting/appealing or the director puts the whole thing together in a funny/interesting/appealing way. In this film, everything is pathetic.

Well, the film has so-called "production values". It's not a home movie. So, it's an example of what-not-to-do with several million dollars.