Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
1h 29m
Running Time
January 23, 2020Release Date
Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
1h 29m
Running Time
January 23, 2020Release Date
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Plot.
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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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This Movie Is About.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self / Writer / Director / Director of Photography / Producer
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Chad Knorr
Construction worker
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self / Stunt Coordinator
Michael Melton
Self
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
Self
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
Julie Tilton
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Boris Torres
Self
Joyce Fogel
Self
Lolita Hirst
Self
John Foster
Cinematographer
Kirk Johnson
Self
Marta Bida
Self
Simona Vuletic
Self
Matthew Maisto
CastingDirector
Chase DeForest
Self
Catherine Joy Johnson
Self
Brett Eidman
Dick Johnson Double
Michael Fatica
Dick Johnson Dancer
Mary Page Nance
Katie Jo Dancer
Fredi Bernstein
Katie Jo Double
Ana Hoffman
Singer
Vasthy Mompoint
Singer
Nicole Tio
Singer
Adi Gonzalez
Frida Kahlo
Dexter Buell
Sigmund Freud
Kevin Loreque
Buster Keaton
Morgan Green
Billie Holiday
Ahsan Ali
Jesus / Bruce Lee
Samantha Everette Clowes
Farrah Fawcett
Nels Bangerter
Writer / Editor
Katy Chevigny
Producer
Marilyn Ness
Producer
William Mellette
Costume Design
Nathan Fisher
Production Design
Simon Mendes
Associate Producer
Jane Ji
Art Direction
Megan Ellison
Executive Producer
John Lavin
Art Direction
Carlos Conceição
Thanks
Maureen A. Ryan
Co-Producer
Doug Bernheim
Music Supervisor
Judy Karp
Sound Recordist
Sarah Seulki Oh
Production Manager
Joshua R. Troxler
Production Coordinator
Holly Popowski
Production Accountant
Arielle Davis
Assistant Editor
Hunter Zimny
Grip
Jason Spingarn-Koff
Executive Producer
Hitomi Shimizu
Music
John Foster
Cinematography
J.P. Wakayama
Cinematography
Markus Kirschner
Production Design
Tara Carrara
Makeup & Hair
Akemi Hart
Makeup Artist
Media.
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Wiki.
Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who suffers from dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents"—in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020.
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