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Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

PG-13 · 2020-01-23 · 1h 29m · EN
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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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Kirsten JohnsonDirector, WriterNels BangerterWriter

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Isla SierckIsla SierckSelfRichard JohnsonRichard JohnsonSelfJed SierckJed SierckSelfKirsten JohnsonKirsten JohnsonSelfFelix TorresFelix TorresSelfKevin LorequeKevin LorequeBuster KeatonViva TorresViva TorresSelfRaymond DamazoRaymond DamazoSelfIra SachsIra SachsSelfMichael MeltonMichael MeltonSelfJoanne Reiner TuckerJoanne Reiner TuckerSelfKen TuckerKen TuckerSelf

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Father daughter relationshipDying and deathAlzheimer's diseaseStuntman

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityFather Daughter Relationship · Dying And Death · Alzheimer S DiseasePacingShortDirector preference186171Actor preference186171 · 822195 · 119802Country preferenceUs

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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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