Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

  • PG-13
  • 01/23/2020 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 29m

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.

Kirsten Johnson

Director, Writer

Nels Bangerter

Writer

Cast

Richard Johnson's headshot

Richard Johnson

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Kirsten Johnson's headshot

Kirsten Johnson

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Isla Sierck's headshot

Isla Sierck

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Jed Sierck's headshot

Jed Sierck

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Felix Torres's headshot

Felix Torres

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Viva Torres's headshot

Viva Torres

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Raymond Damazo's headshot

Raymond Damazo

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Michael Hilow's headshot

Michael Hilow

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