Dick Johnson Is Dead
7.2
125 Reviews
2020
1h 29min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
23 January 2020
Runtime
1h 29min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Big Mouth Productions
Cast
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
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
Kirk Johnson
Self
Marta Bida
Self
Simona Vuletic
Self
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
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