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Dick Johnson Is Dead

7.120201h 29mPG-13MovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorKirsten Johnson
WritersNels Bangerter·Kirsten Johnson
ProducersJason Spingarn-Koff·Katy Chevigny

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Cast · Directed by Kirsten Johnson

RJ
Richard Johnson
Self
KJKirsten Johnson
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

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Dick Johnson Is Dead is streaming on Netflix and Netflix Standard in United States.

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Is Dick Johnson Is Dead based on a true story?

Yes — Dick Johnson Is Dead is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).