Dick Johnson Is Dead

Movie

Documentary

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.

Date: 01/23/2020

Rating: 7.1

Cast: Richard Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Isla Sierck, Jed Sierck, Felix Torres, Viva Torres, Raymond Damazo, Michael Hilow, Michael Melton, Joanne Reiner Tucker, Ken Tucker, Laurie McEwan, Lyn Schildwachter, Julie Tilton, Ira Sachs, Boris Torres, Joyce Fogel, Lolita Hirst, Kirk Johnson, Marta Bida, Simona Vuletic, Chase DeForest, Catherine Joy Johnson, Brett Eidman, Michael Fatica, Mary Page Nance, Fredi Bernstein, Ana Hoffman, Vasthy Mompoint, Nicole Tio, Adi Gonzalez, Dexter Buell, Kevin Loreque, Morgan Green, Ahsan Ali, Samantha Everette Clowes

Richard Johnson

Kirsten Johnson