Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead

89 mins | Documentary | Jan. 23, 2020

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.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

89 mins | Documentary | Jan. 23, 2020

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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Big Mouth Productions
Original title Dick Johnson Is Dead
Directors Kirsten Johnson
Writers Nels Bangerter, Kirsten Johnson

Cast

Richard Johnson

as Self

Kirsten Johnson

as Self

Isla Sierck

as Self

Jed Sierck

as Self

Felix Torres

as Self

Viva Torres

as Self

Raymond Damazo

as Self

Michael Hilow

as Self

Michael Melton

as Self

Ken Tucker

as Self

Laurie McEwan

as Self

Julie Tilton

as Self

Ira Sachs

as Self

Boris Torres

as Self

Joyce Fogel

as Self

Lolita Hirst

as Self

Kirk Johnson

as Self

Marta Bida

as Self

Simona Vuletic

as Self

Chase DeForest

as Self

Brett Eidman

as Dick Johnson Double

Michael Fatica

as Dick Johnson Dancer

Mary Page Nance

as Katie Jo Dancer

Fredi Bernstein

as Katie Jo Double

Ana Hoffman

as Singer

Vasthy Mompoint

as Singer

Nicole Tio

as Singer

Adi Gonzalez

as Frida Kahlo

Dexter Buell

as Sigmund Freud

Kevin Loreque

as Buster Keaton

Morgan Green

as Billie Holiday

Ahsan Ali

as Jesus / Bruce Lee

Samantha Everette Clowes

as Farrah Fawcett