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Dick Johnson Is Dead

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.

20201h 29mPG-13Documentary

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About Dick Johnson Is Dead

Directors
Kirsten Johnson
Cast
Richard Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Isla Sierck, Jed Sierck, Felix Torres, Viva Torres
Genres
Documentary
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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