Dick Johnson Is Dead

Synopsis

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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Cast

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Richard Johnson

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Kirsten Johnson

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Isla Sierck

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Jed Sierck

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Felix Torres

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Viva Torres

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Raymond Damazo

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Michael Hilow

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Michael Melton

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Joanne Reiner Tucker

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Ken Tucker

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Laurie McEwan

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Lyn Schildwachter

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Julie Tilton

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