Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

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.

Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

01/23/2020 (US) • 1h 29m

Documentary

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.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Johnson

Self

Kirsten Johnson

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

dying and death

biography

alzheimer's disease

stuntman

father daughter relationship

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