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- 1 2 Kanerva, Arla: Spede-elokuvan pääroolin sai Riku Nieminen, Helsingin Sanomat 2 September 2022. Accessed on 8 September 2022.
- ↑ Nordisk Film: Spede-elokuvan teaser-trailer julki!, 20 December 2022. Accessed on 20 December 2022.
- ↑ Pudas, Mari: Ensi vuonna julkaistavan Spede-elokuvan budjetti jopa 2 miljoonaa: "Tämä ei ole perinteinen elämäkertaelokuva", Iltalehti 16 March 2022. Accessed on 8 September 2022.
- ↑ Tukipäätökset (search term: Spede), Finnish Film Foundation. Accessed on 8 September 2022.
- ↑ Tältä näyttää Riku Nieminen Spede Pasasena – elämäkertaelokuvan virallinen traileri julki, YLE 20 June 2023. Accessed on 16 August 2023.
- ↑ Pudas, Mari: Tältä näyttää Spede-leffan traileri!, Iltalehti 26 June 2023. Accessed on 29 September 2023.
- 1 2 Torvinen, Pekka: Elokuva Spedestä ei ole edes spedemäisen huono, se on vain yhdentekevä, Helsingin Sanomat 28 September 2023. Accessed on 22 August 2024.
- ↑ Torvinen, Pekka: Speden synkkä puoli. Helsingin Sanomat 22 August 2024, p. B17.
- ↑ Keränen, Toni: Elokuva-arvostelu: Koskettava Spede-elokuva luottaa katsojan tulkintakykyyn ja omaan pohdintaan | Seiska, Seiska 29 September 2023. Accessed on 29 September 2023.
- ↑ Virratvuori, Jussi: Elokuva-arvio | Yllätyksetön tarina itseriittoisesta ja ristiriitaisesta Spedestä – setämiehen vallankäyttöä vain raapaistaan uudessa elokuvassa, Savon Sanomat 28 September 2023. Accessed on 28 September 2023.
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- ↑ Spede-elokuva kertoo julkisuudesta tutun tarinan itsekeskeisestä koomikosta, Voima 26 September 2023. Accessed on 28 September 2023.
- ↑ Arvio: Spede oli kontrollifriikki, joka tiesi kansan maun, Demokraatti 27 September 2023. Accessed on 28 September 2023.
- ↑ Lehtinen, Lauri: Arvio: Spede-elokuva on sujuva ja hiukan vaisu, Suomen Kuvalehti 21 September 2023. Accessed on 28 September 2023.
- ↑ Selkokari, Antti: Ei tullut suurta ja tyhjentävää Spede-elämäkertaelokuvaa, vaan tulipa Uuno Turhapuron synnyn läpijuoksu, Kulttuuritoimitus 29 September 2023. Accessed on 29 September 2023.
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