Thicker Than Water is a 2000

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 documentary surf film

Documentary film

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 directed by singer/songwriter Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson (musician)

Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...

 and his film school

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 friend Chris Malloy. It shows surfing

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 footage from different locations like Australia

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, Indonesia

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, Hawaii

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, India

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, and Ireland

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 in combination with a wide range of styles of guitar music. Surfers in the film include Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater

Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style. He has been crowned ASP World Champion a record 11 times, including 5 consecutive titles from 1994–98. He is the youngest and the oldest to win the title...

 and Shane Dorian

Shane Dorian

Patrick Shane Dorian , or "Shane", is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He spent 11 years touring on the World Championship Tour surfing.-Early life:...

.

Cast

In alphabetical order:

• Raimana Boucher
• Saxon Boucher
• Timmy Curran
• Shane Dorian
  Shane Dorian
  Patrick Shane Dorian , or "Shane", is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He spent 11 years touring on the World Championship Tour surfing.-Early life:...
  
  
• Brad Gerlach
• Conan Hayes
• Jack Johnson
  Jack Johnson (musician)
  Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
  
  
• Noah Johnson
• Taylor Knox
• Rob Machado
  Rob Machado
  Robert Edward Machado is an American professional surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a community in Encinitas , California....
  
  
• Chris Malloy
• Dan Malloy
• Emmett Malloy
• Keith Malloy
• Kelly Slater
  Kelly Slater
  Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style. He has been crowned ASP World Champion a record 11 times, including 5 consecutive titles from 1994–98. He is the youngest and the oldest to win the title...
  
  
• Benji Weatherly

Soundtrack

Released on November 25, 2003, the soundtrack to Thicker Than Water, which is scored by Johnson, collects 14 previously unavailable tracks by the likes of G. Love & Special Sauce

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, The Meters

The Meters

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, Finley Quaye

Finley Quaye

Finley Quaye is a British musician. He won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best British Male Solo Artist.-Life:...

, and Johnson himself.

Track listing

1. "Moonshine" - 2:00 (Jack Johnson
   Jack Johnson (musician)
   Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
   
   )
2. "Rainbow" - 3:23 (Jack Johnson
   Jack Johnson (musician)
   Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
   
   )
3. "Even After All" - 3:55 (Finley Quaye
   Finley Quaye
   Finley Quaye is a British musician. He won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best British Male Solo Artist.-Life:...
   
   )
4. "Hobo Blues" - 2:44 (G. Love
   G. Love
   Garrett Dutton , better known as G. Love, is the frontman for the band G. Love & Special Sauce.-Biography:Dutton, the son of a banking lawyer, was born in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, and began playing guitar at age eight. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the ninth...
   
   )
5. "Relate to Me" - 1:34 (The Voyces)
6. "The Cove" - 1:52 (Jack Johnson
   Jack Johnson (musician)
   Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
   
   )
7. "Holes to Heaven" - 2:49 (Jack Johnson
   Jack Johnson (musician)
   Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
   
   )
8. "Dark Water & Stars" - 4:59 (Natural Calamity)
9. "My Guru" - 4:10 (Dan the Automator
   Dan the Automator
   Daniel M. Nakamura , better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence....
   
   )
10. "Honor and Harmony" - 3:36 (G. Love and Special Sauce)
11. "Liver Splash" - 2:38 (The Meters
    The Meters
    The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
    
    )
12. "Underwater Love" - 5:58 (Smoke City
    Smoke City
    Smoke City were an English band, who blended acid jazz and trip hop, borrowing from Brazilian styles such as samba and bossa nova. They are best known for their single "Underwater Love", which was a major hit in 1997, after being used in a Levi's television advertisement, "Mermaids" .In 1997, the...
    
    )
13. "Thicker than Water" - 3:25 (Todd Hannigan)
14. "Witchi Tai To" - 2:43 (Harpers Bizarre
    Harpers Bizarre
    Harpers Bizarre was an American pop-rock band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/Sunshine Pop sound and their remake of Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song ."- Career :...
    
    )