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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release2020

Runtime1h 29m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Big Mouth Productions

Movie

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020

1h 29m

7.1

Documentary

Synopsis

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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