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Gone Fishin'

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Gone Fishin' (1997)

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Reviews Counted:138

Fresh:41

Rotten:97

Average Rating:4.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling... In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling escapades they do accidentally land a dangerous criminal! Willie Nelson cameos as the boys' fishing pro guru. [More]

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Edythe Davis, Carol Kane, Gary Grubbs, Jenna Bari, Samantha Brown, Jeff DiLucca, Jamil Akim O'Quinn, Frank Nasso, Raynor Scheine, Robyn Hackett, James R. Greene, Steve Wise, Claudia Haro, Jonathan Avildsen, Bob Noble, Jeff Prettyman, Judy Clayton, Antoni Corone, Dana Adamstein, Valerie J. Boey, Joseph Scalora, Tommy DeVito, Leonard Termo, Alfred Nittoli, Gary Morgan, Lisa Hewlett Keen, Dave Corey, Baynor Foy Crane, Mark Futch, Al Guthery, John Griffen

Director: Christopher Cain

Director: Christopher Cain
Screenwriter: Jill Mazursky Cody, Jeffrey Abrams
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Julie Bergman Sender

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Mar 4, 2003

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  • Gone Fishin'
  • This hilarious hit stars Danny Glover (LETHAL WEAPON series) and Joe Pesci (MY COUSIN VINNY, LETHAL WEAPON II & III) as the funniest fishermen ever to throw out a line! Best buddies Gus (Glover) and Joe (Pesci) eagerly anticipate another quiet, relaxing fishing trip. Only things don't go quite as they planned! Instead, they innocently create an unstoppable series of outrageous mishaps, destroying everything in their wake! Catch all the crowd-pleasing fun and nonstop laughs as these pals land in one comic disaster after another and deliver one of the wildest comedy adventures in years!
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