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Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020·Movie·1h 29m

Documentary

7.1 / 10 (149 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.

Directed by
Kirsten Johnson
Original language
English
Released
23 January 2020

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • RJ

    Richard Johnson

    Self

  • Kirsten Johnson

    Kirsten Johnson

    Self

  • IS

    Isla Sierck

    Self

  • JS

    Jed Sierck

    Self

  • FT

    Felix Torres

    Self

  • VT

    Viva Torres

    Self

  • RD

    Raymond Damazo

    Self

  • MH

    Michael Hilow

    Self

  • MM

    Michael Melton

    Self

  • JR

    Joanne Reiner Tucker

    Self

  • KT

    Ken Tucker

    Self

  • LM

    Laurie McEwan

    Self