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Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead

20201h 29m
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Released

Release

2020

Runtime

1h 29m

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Storyline

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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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Jan 23, 2020
Digital Release
Oct 2, 2020
Languages
English
Director
Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten Johnson
Production
Big Mouth Productions
Big Mouth Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
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