Dick Johnson Is Dead
23/01/2020
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.
Cast
Richard Johnson
Self


Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
Michael Melton
Self
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
Self
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
Julie Tilton
Self


Ira Sachs
Self
Boris Torres
Self
Joyce Fogel
Self
Lolita Hirst
Self
Kirk Johnson
Self
Marta Bida
Self
Simona Vuletic
Self
Chase DeForest
Self
Catherine Joy Johnson
Self


Brett Eidman
Dick Johnson Double


Michael Fatica
Dick Johnson Dancer
Mary Page Nance
Katie Jo Dancer


Fredi Bernstein
Katie Jo Double
Ana Hoffman
Singer


Vasthy Mompoint
Singer
Nicole Tio
Singer
Adi Gonzalez
Frida Kahlo
Dexter Buell
Sigmund Freud


Kevin Loreque
Buster Keaton
Morgan Green
Billie Holiday
Ahsan Ali
Jesus / Bruce Lee
Samantha Everette Clowes
Farrah Fawcett
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