Dick Johnson Is Dead
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2020-01-23
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Kirsten Johnson
Writer: Nels Bangerter, Kirsten Johnson
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Production Companies: Big Mouth Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
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