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Dick Johnson Is Dead
71%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) — a movie tagged as Documentary with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 … Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Dick Johnson Is Dead 71% (140 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Dick Johnson Is Dead is a film worth prioritising when you want something with solid community ratings — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
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from 140 TMDb votes
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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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2020-01-23
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 7.1
- TMDB ID
- 653574
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What is Dick Johnson Is Dead about?
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 Joh... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Dick Johnson Is Dead?
The official runtime for Dick Johnson Is Dead is approximately 89 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast
- R
Richard Johnson
Self

Kirsten Johnson
Self
- I
Isla Sierck
Self
- J
Jed Sierck
Self
- F
Felix Torres
Self
- V
Viva Torres
Self
- R
Raymond Damazo
Self
- M
Michael Hilow
Self
- M
Michael Melton
Self
- J
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
- K
Ken Tucker
Self
- L
Laurie McEwan
Self
- L
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
- J
Julie Tilton
Self

Ira Sachs
Self
- B
Boris Torres
Self
- J
Joyce Fogel
Self
- L
Lolita Hirst
Self
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