Thicker than Water (2000 film)

Thicker Than Water
DVD cover
Directed byJack Johnson
Chris Malloy
Emmett Malloy
StarringRaimana Boucher
Saxon Boucher
Timmy Curran
Shane Dorian
Brad Gerlach
Release date
  • May 12, 2000 (2000-05-12)
Running time
45 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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[edit]

In alphabetical order:

Soundtrack[edit]

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[edit]

  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[edit]

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

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jack Johnson on Artist Direct
  2. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

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