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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV)
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22 March 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
The Rutles, a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died. morePlot:
Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Man, this is mean! more (38 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Eric Idle | ... | Dirk McQuickly / Narrator / Stanley J. Krammerhead III,Jr.,Occasional visiting professor of applied narcotics at the University of Please Yourself Ca. | |
| John Halsey | ... | Barry Womble | |
| Ricky Fataar | ... | Stig O'Hara (as Rikki Fataar) | |
| Neil Innes | ... | Ron Nasty | |
| Michael Palin | ... | Eric Manchester, Rutle Corp. Press Agent / Lawyer | |
| George Harrison | ... | The Interviewer | |
| Bianca Jagger | ... | Martini McQuickly | |
| John Belushi | ... | Ron Decline, The most feared promoter in the world | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Brian Thigh, Ex-Record producer who turned down the Rutles | |
| Gilda Radner | ... | Mrs. Emily Pules | |
| Bill Murray | ... | Bill Murray the K. | |
| Gwen Taylor | ... | Mrs. Iris Mountbatten / Chastity | |
| Ron Wood | ... | Hells Angel | |
| Terence Bayler | ... | Leggy Mountbatten | |
| Henry Woolf | ... | Arthur Sultan, The Surrey Mystic |
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Eric Idle mentions in his "memoir" available on the DVD what the actual Beatles thought of the film. According to him, George Harrison was very supportive and encouraged him, Paul McCartney was disapproving at first but relented when he found that Idle grew up near Liverpool (though his wife Linda always loved it), Ringo Starr said that he enjoyed it "after 1968", and John Lennon (along with Yoko Ono) adored it. moreGoofs:
Plot holes: Late in the "documentary," the Rutles' tea-drinking is treated as a scandal (parodying the Beatles' marijuana use). But in an earlier scene, there doesn't seem to be anything unremarkable about it, as the band members play with a teapot in their hotel room while on camera. moreQuotes:
Eric Manchester, Rutle Corp. Press Agent: Suddenly, everyone became amazingly litigious. I remember I'd get up in the morning. Sue someone. Check in the papers that I hadn't been fired. Go to the office. Sue someone. Pick up the morning's writs. Sue the bank. Go out for lunch. Sue the restaurant. Get back in, collect the writs that had been received that afternoon. Read the papers. Phone the papers. Sue the papers. Then go home. Sue the wife. moreSoundtrack:
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Although parodies never actually rise to the level of their victim they may be lethally funny at least. Some days ago when I was watching the Beatles Anthology, I suddenly started to remember scenes from this movie and I noticed that was laughing to myself. This only indicates how 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash' works other way around too.
Although the Rutles is a very funny comedy itself it does require that you know both Beatles and Monty Python relatively well. Otherwise you might lose something very essential. On the other hand 'The Rutles' can be watched many times again and again without losing a bit of its fascination and there aren't quite many films that can compete with that quality - and even less comedies! For a comedy there is a noteworthy section of famous persons presented as the supporting cast. When making 'The Rutles' Eric Idle was at the top of his fame and he received really good support for this film which is one of those ultra rare examples on how to create Pythonesque comedy and do it even better than the Monties.