Mandy Kelly brought up a recollection. She suggested that a movie should be made of Grandpa Uno's life. In fact, there already has been. Universal Studios and Dreamworks came together to produce the life story of Grandpa Uno in 2003. The film was directed by Martin Scorcese, George Lucas and Stephen Speilberg, took nearly four years to produce and cost the studios a combined $5billion.
The role of young Grandpa Uno was played by Haley Joel Osment, young adult by James Vanderbeek, middle aged by Tom Cruise. The old Grandpa Uno was played by a number of actors: Richard Gere, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Lemmon and Paul Newman. In one very obscure though seemingly artistic scene, a 50-year old Uno was performed by Ving Rhames.
While anticipated to be a huge success, the film was completed in 2007 at a length of 622 hours, 14 minutes. Test audiences claimed the length to be far too long, despite having been edited from 734 hours, 44 minutes; and the film was canned.
Audiences also claimed that the role of Grandpa Uno was not adequately filled, and the studios agreed, filing paperwork for the exhumation of Grandpa Uno's remains, which are expected to be reanimated for the second attempt at the film. The voice of the reanimated Grandpa Uno will be provided by ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham. The film is expected to resume filming in 2011.
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