Film
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020 · 1h 29m · Documentary
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 99%
- Metacritic
- 89
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Overview
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
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Cast
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
Michael Melton
Self
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
Self
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
Julie Tilton
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Boris Torres
Self
Crew
- Kirsten JohnsonDirector · Writer · Producer · Director of Photography
- Nels BangerterWriter · Editor
- Marilyn NessProducer
- Katy ChevignyProducer
- Jason Spingarn-KoffExecutive Producer
- Megan EllisonExecutive Producer
- John Wakayama CareyDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 23, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Genres
- Documentary
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