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 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
"Moonshine" – 2:00 (Jack Johnson) "Rainbow" – 3:23 (Jack Johnson) "Even After All" – 3:55 (Finley Quaye) "Hobo Blues" – 2:44 (G. Love) "Relate to Me" – 1:34 (The Voyces) "The Cove" – 1:52 (Jack Johnson) "Holes to Heaven" – 2:49 (Jack Johnson) "Dark Water & Stars" – 4:59 (Natural Calamity) "My Guru" – 4:10 (Kalyanji–Anandji) "Honor and Harmony" – 3:36 (G. Love and Special Sauce) "Liver Splash" – 2:38 (The Meters) "Underwater Love" – 5:58 (Smoke City) "Thicker than Water" – 3:25 (Todd Hannigan) "Witchi Tai To" – 2:43 (Harpers Bizarre)
Awards and honors
Thicker than Water received Surfer magazine's 2000 Video of the Year Award.