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.
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Cast
36 people
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
Known for
The Scorpion King
Passenger
Michael Melton
Self
Also in
Shoot the Sun Down
Weenie Roast Massacre
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
Self
Kirsten Johnson Director · Nels Bangerter Writer John Wakayama Carey Cinematographer
United States release October 2, 2020 · Produced in United States
Production
Big Mouth Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Romania · January 23, 2020
Digital
United States · October 2, 2020
Digital · Netflix
United States
January 23, 2020 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
France
September 25, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Hungary
October 2, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
October 2, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Japan
October 20, 2020
Poland
October 2, 2020 · Digital
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