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Dick Johnson Is Dead

★ 7.1 / 10 (149 votes)January 23, 202089 minEN

Documentary

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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CINEHOOK / INFORMATION

Movie facts

Release dateJanuary 23, 2020

StatusReleased

Runtime89 min

Rating★ 7.1 / 10

CertificationPG-13

Original languageEnglish

CountryUnited States of America

Budget—

Revenue—

ProductionBig Mouth Productions

CINEHOOK / STREAMING

Where to watch

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Showing availability for: United States

Stream

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CINEHOOK / CREDITS

Crew

Director

Kirsten Johnson

Writers

Nels Bangerter, Kirsten Johnson

CINEHOOK / CAST

Cast

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Richard JohnsonSelf

Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten JohnsonSelf

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Isla SierckSelf

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Jed SierckSelf

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Felix TorresSelf

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Viva TorresSelf

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Raymond DamazoSelf

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Michael HilowSelf

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Michael MeltonSelf

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Joanne Reiner TuckerSelf

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Ken TuckerSelf

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Laurie McEwanSelf

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