Dick Johnson Is Dead

7.2 / 10

(124 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

89 minutes

Year:

2020

Director:

Kirsten Johnson

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Company:

Big Mouth Productions

Cast:
Richard Johnson

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Kirsten Johnson

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Isla Sierck

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Jed Sierck

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Felix Torres

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Crew:
Marilyn Ness

Producer

Katy Chevigny

Producer

Kirsten Johnson

Director

Nels Bangerter

Writer

Kirsten Johnson

Writer