Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
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Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life is a 2004
Finnish
comedy
film, made as a tribute to Spede Pasanen
. It is the twentieth and last part of the Uuno Turhapuro
film series.
for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime.
Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.
, father of Uuno Turhapuro films, died in 2001, a group led by Ere Kokkonen decided to make a last Turhapuro movie for remembrance of him. The plot is based on Spede's and Ere's common idea of Uuno in a nursing home for the elderly. Plenty of archive material is seen in the movie, so Härski Hartikainen, played by Spede Pasanen, is also in the movie in the form of archive material.
Many Finnish celebrities can be seen doing cameo roles
, such as Danny
, Mika Häkkinen
, Tanja Karpela and Ben Zyskowicz
.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
film, made as a tribute to Spede Pasanen
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
. It is the twentieth and last part of the Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in Spede Show during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films....
film series.
Plot
Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing homeNursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...
for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime.
Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.
Inspiration
After Spede PasanenSpede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
, father of Uuno Turhapuro films, died in 2001, a group led by Ere Kokkonen decided to make a last Turhapuro movie for remembrance of him. The plot is based on Spede's and Ere's common idea of Uuno in a nursing home for the elderly. Plenty of archive material is seen in the movie, so Härski Hartikainen, played by Spede Pasanen, is also in the movie in the form of archive material.
Many Finnish celebrities can be seen doing cameo roles
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
, such as Danny
Ilkka Lipsanen
Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen , also known as Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist. He started his career with the band Islanders who released a couple of singles, among them Danny's first recording which was in English: East Virginia by Joan Baez in 1964...
, Mika Häkkinen
Mika Häkkinen
Mika Pauli Häkkinen is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion...
, Tanja Karpela and Ben Zyskowicz
Ben Zyskowicz
Ben Berl Zyskowicz is a Finnish politician and member of parliament. Zyskowicz was chairman of the Finnish National Coalition Party's parliamentary group from 1993 to 2006 and has been a member of parliament for the National Coalition Party since 1979...
.