Gone Fishin'
- PG
- Year:
- 1997
- 94 min
- $19,736,932
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This summer's gonna
be great, right, Gus?
- Yeah, it can't get
any worse than last summer.
- that's for sure.
See, last summer was
a learning experience.
For instance, we learned where
Now, Joe, you shouldn't be smokin'.
Man, it's bad for you.
Rolled on the thighs
of Cuban honeys.
- I swear, this summer's gonna be a ten.
- Ten plus.
[Together]
Borderline 11!
[Coughing]
See? I told you
not to be smoking.
[Explosions,
Electricity Surging]
Holy smokes!
Hey, Gus.
[Car Horn Honking]
[Crane Beeping]
[Honking Continues]
Hey, Joe.
[Alarm Ringing]
Oh, Gus!
- This is gonna be great, isn' t it?
- it's gonna be a ten, Joe.
[Joe Laughing]
A ten? A ten plus.
[Together]
Borderline 11!
[Dog Barking]
- it's quiet in here, Joe.
- Boy, it is.
- Oh, it sounds like
they're in the kitchen.
- [Chattering, Arguing]
[Woman]
I don't care what they say, all right?
It doesn't matter
what people say.
[Boy] But they called
Pops and Uncle Gus jerks.
[Woman #2] If they
werejerks, they wouldn't
have won the fishing contest.
[Woman #1]
We weren't gonna let them
get away with this.
All right, you heard me.
No more fightin', all right?
- Your fathers are notjerks.
- Yeah, tell that...
Hey, w-what's goin' on?
Take a look at your sons.
Were you guys, uh,
playin' football again?
they're gonna be good
football players, Joe.
- They sure are, Gus.
they're gonna be great like Gus.
- Yeah. Yeah.
So, does anybody want
to help us pack or what?
- I want to help, but I wanna
just tell you one thing.
- Would you help your fathers?
- Uh-oh, here comes
Little Miss One Thing' s speech.
- [Laughing]
[Joe] Gus, this Billy "Catch" Pooler's
the best, ain't he?
Even though they say that
it's the idiots who ain't
using' em that's the idiots.
[Gus] We won his fishin' contest, Joe.
Man, I can't believe it!
- And remember...
- he's the greatest, Joe.
- Dad, look. Are you
gonna wear your shorts?
- Yeah, they're my lucky shorts.
Baby, get my lucky shorts
too, okay?
You gotta be the one
you want to catch.
- Yeah, you can have that.
- Hey, keep packing, guys.
It's the hands, the hands.
Believe in your hands.
- You gotta flick.
- [Gus And Joe] Flick.
- And dip.
- Dip.
- Flick.
- Flick.
- And dip.
- Dip.
[Woman #1]
Okay, everybody, come on. Let's
help the contest winners pack.
[Chattering]
[Woman #2]
Okay, everybody.
you're doing a goodjob.
Okay, everybody out now.
- Thanks. All right.
-' Cause me and Aunt Cookie wanna
say one thing to your fathers.
- Find mine, Tracey.
- All right, listen.
We know how important
this trip is to you. We really do.
- But I just gotta say this one thing.
- One thing.
- Thanksgiving' s on Thursday, you know?
- Thursday.
And call me silly,
but I'm worried...
that you're gonna end up
in the hospital or somethin'
like last year.
- Or in jail like you did
the year before.
- Yeah.
- Everything' s gonna be fine.
Yeah, this is gonna be good.
- Come on. Everything' s okay.
But here's the thing.
you've gone fishin' every year
since before we knew you,
and so far everything
has never been okay and fine.
And you've never been
as far away as Florida.
But that's why this trip is so nice.
that's why it's so important.
we're goin' to the Everglades.
that's the biggie, right, Joe?
- Yeah, the Everglades.
Hey, listen to this.
- Everglades, yeah.
- we're gonna catch
tarpon, snook, pompano...
- Yeah, tarpon.
- Catch this.
- I know you'll love that.
If you two are not back
by Thanksgiving,
we have agreed to kill you.
Yeah, that's
what's gonna happen.
- Whooooo!
- Whooooo!
[Men Laughing]
[Cookie]
Donna, don't forget now,
because I want
that recipe.
Football.
don't forget football.
Bye.
- [Gus] Okay. Hey, 4: 30.
- [Joe] 4:
30.- You know, 4:
30.- [Cookie] Open this door.
- You got the key, lady?
- No. Here.
[Alarm Beeping]
- Good morning.
- Good morning. Hi, honey.
[Alarm Beeping]
[Alarm Beeping]
[Groaning]
[Donna]
Joe?
- Got the boat?
- Check.
- Coupons?
- Check.
- Beer, gear, Dramamine?
- Check, check, check.
- Insert Billy "Catch" Pooler tape.
- Check that too.
[Together]
We've gone fishin'!
#
# there's a boat race
down the river #
# there's a slow boat
on my mind #
#Everybody' s goin' like crazy #
# And I'm takin'
my own sweet time #
# I'll drift down
# Take a boat ride on the bay #
# Just tryin' to find
# Down in the Everglades #
# There ain't
gonna be no hurry #
# There ain't
gonna be no rush #
#Just lazy style
like a crocodile #
# Playin' in
# And I'll float on
down the river #
# Let the speedboats
speed away #
# I'll drift around
# Down in the Everglades #
# While the big crowd
down the river #
# Is gettin' drunk
on sea grape wine #
# I'm gettin' high
watchin' eagles fly #
# Havin' myself a time #
# Whet my whistle
every now and then #
# With a sip of cool Gatorade #
# Watch the sun go down
# Down in the Everglades #
# I'll drift around
# Down in the Everglades ##
[Gus Reading]
a man happier...
than O. F. H. In the G.O. M.?"
What's that stuff
you was readin'?
O. F. H., G.O. M.?
What's that mean?
in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hmm, alligators.
Hey, Joe, listen to this.
"Alligators will attack their prey,
but not eat them immediately.
- "Often, they will drag their
unlucky half-dead victim...
- [Horn Honking]
will let the carcass rot,
nibbling on them
at their delight."
A-And this too.
[Shudders]
"Legend has it that alligators
are vengeful creatures.
"If threatened or disturbed,
"they will become obsessed with
their target, not resting...
until they have successfully
unleashed their retribution."
- Ohhh!
- Obsessed?
Yeah, obsessed, man.
to the end of the world.
Wow! Hey, check this out.
Boy, holy smokes.
Hey, Gus, we don't have
- we're gonna be fishin', right?
- Right, right, right, right.
- Yeah. Hey, Joe, it-it's
nice gettin' away, man.
- Oh, yeah.
[Man]
Boy, that's somethin'!
[Joe]
Yeah, she's pretty good, huh?
[Gus]
it's a killer!
L-it's okay.
And it's got some fish.
Yeah. Hey, what kind
of fish is that?
- Ah, a grouper.
- Grouper, huh? And what's this?
that's a strawberry grouper.
Strawberry grouper, huh?
I thought it was a salmon.
- Yeah, that's a strawberry grouper.
- what's this one, Gus?
- Kingfish.
- Kingfish, huh?
Yeah.
Hey, Gus, if we had money,
we' d set this up different.
We' d catch a lot of fish.
- Yeah, who needs it?
- Yeah.
- Guys who can't fish.
- Exactly.
L-Look at it this way.
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