Dick Johnson Is Dead
Released
January 23, 2020
Runtime: 1h 29m
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 & Crew
- RJ
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
- IS
Isla Sierck
Self
- JS
Jed Sierck
Self
- FT
Felix Torres
Self
- VT
Viva Torres
Self
- RD
Raymond Damazo
Self
- MH
Michael Hilow
Self
- MM
Michael Melton
Self
- JT
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
- KT
Ken Tucker
Self
- LM
Laurie McEwan
Self
- LS
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
- JT
Julie Tilton
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
- BT
Boris Torres
Self
- JF
Joyce Fogel
Self
- LH
Lolita Hirst
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Director
- NB
Nels Bangerter
Writer
Kirsten Johnson
Writer
Media
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