Thicker than Water (2000 film) explained

Thicker Than Water
Starring:	Raimana Boucher Saxon Boucher Timmy Curran Shane Dorian Brad Gerlach
Director:	Jack Johnson Chris Malloy Emmett Malloy
Runtime:	45 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Thicker Than Water is a 2000 documentary surf film directed by singer/songwriter Jack Johnson and his film school friend Chris Malloy. It shows surfing footage from different locations like Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, India, and Ireland in combination with a wide range of styles of guitar music. Surfers in the film include Kelly Slater and Shane Dorian.

Cast

In alphabetical order:

• Raimana Boucher
• Saxon Boucher
• Timmy Curran
• Shane Dorian
• Brad Gerlach
• Conan Hayes
• Jack Johnson
• Noah Johnson
• Tamayo Perry
• Taylor Knox
• Rob Machado
• Chris Malloy
• Dan Malloy
• Emmett Malloy
• Keith Malloy
• Kelly Slater
• Benji Weatherly

Soundtrack

Released on November 25, 2003, the soundtrack to Thicker Than Water, which is scored by Johnson, collects 14 tracks by the likes of G. Love & Special Sauce, The Meters, Finley Quaye, and Johnson himself.

Track listing

1. "Moonshine" – 2:00 (Jack Johnson)
2. "Rainbow" – 3:23 (Jack Johnson)
3. "Even After All" – 3:55 (Finley Quaye)
4. "Hobo Blues" – 2:44 (G. Love)
5. "Relate to Me" – 1:34 (The Voyces)
6. "The Cove" – 1:52 (Jack Johnson)
7. "Holes to Heaven" – 2:49 (Jack Johnson)
8. "Dark Water & Stars" – 4:59 (Natural Calamity)
9. "My Guru" – 4:10 (Kalyanji–Anandji)
10. "Honor and Harmony" – 3:36 (G. Love and Special Sauce)
11. "Liver Splash" – 2:38 (The Meters)
12. "Underwater Love" – 5:58 (Smoke City)
13. "Thicker than Water" – 3:25 (Todd Hannigan)
14. "Witchi Tai To" – 2:43 (Harpers Bizarre)

Awards and honors

Thicker than Water received Surfer magazine's 2000 Video of the Year Award.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/jack-johnson/1108658 Jack Johnson