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
Network & Production Companies


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.
Where to Watch.


Currently Dick Johnson Is Dead is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Richard Johnson
Self

Kirsten Johnson
Self / Director / Writer / Director of Photography / Producer

Isla Sierck
Self

Jed Sierck
Self

Felix Torres
Self

Chad Knorr
Construction worker

Viva Torres
Self

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

Hunter Zimny
Grip

John Wakayama Carey
Director of Photography

Nadia Hallgren
Additional Photography

Andre Lambertson
Additional Photography

Martina Radwan
Additional Photography

John Russell foster
Additional Photography

Rick Siegel
Additional Photography

Gabriella A. Moses
Set Decoration

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

Dawn Tunnell
Makeup & Hair

Pete Horner
Sound Editor

Drake Roy
Sound

Nels Bangerter
Writer / Editor

Katy Chevigny
Producer

Marilyn Ness
Producer

Nathan Fisher
Production Design

William Mellette
Costume Design

Megan Ellison
Executive Producer

Simon Mendes
Associate Producer

Jane Ji
Art Direction

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
Media.




Details.
This Movie Is About.
biography
dying and death
alzheimer's disease
stuntman
father daughter relationship
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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