Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020 · Movie · PG-13 · 89 min · ★ 7.1
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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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-01-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (142 votes)
Themes
- dying and death
- biography
- alzheimer's disease
- stuntman
- father daughter relationship
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary · 2020
Cast & crew
- RJ
Richard Johnson
as Self
Kirsten Johnson
as Self
- IS
Isla Sierck
as Self
- JS
Jed Sierck
as Self
- FT
Felix Torres
as Self
- VT
Viva Torres
as Self
- RD
Raymond Damazo
as Self
- MH
Michael Hilow
as Self
- MM
Michael Melton
as Self
- JT
Joanne Reiner Tucker
as Self
Directed by Kirsten Johnson