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| Eric Idle | ... |
Narrator /
Dirk McQuickly /
Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
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Neil Innes | ... | |
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Ricky Fataar | ... | |
| David Bowie | ... | ||
| Billy Connolly | ... | ||
| Carrie Fisher | ... | ||
| Jewel Kilcher | ... |
Jewel - Interviewee
(as Jewel)
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| Steve Martin | ... |
Steve Martin - Interviewee
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| Mike Nichols | ... |
Mike Nichols - Interviewee
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| Conan O'Brien | ... | ||
| Salman Rushdie | ... | ||
| Garry Shandling | ... | ||
| Robin Williams | ... |
Hans Hänkie
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| April Adams | ... |
Groupie Interviewee
(scenes deleted)
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| Clint Black | ... |
Clint Black - Interviewee
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After sitting on a shelf at Warner Brothers for over a year, Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, the much anticipated sequel to Eric Idle and Gerard Corvin's 1978 mockumentary, is finally on release, revealing the final exploits of The Rutles as they do a reunion tour of America. Documentor, Dirk McQuickly, interviews many artists and personalities who were inspired by the legendary band, from David Bowie to Tom Hanks. Written by Anonymous
Remember when "Beatles 1" came out and suddenly there was this big Beatles media blitz and all these news channels were doing all the rehashed stories on The Beatles and interviewing various people (some who weren't even musicians) about the degree of influence The Beatles had on their careers? Well, THAT is EXACTLY what Eric Idle was doing with "The Rutles 2: All You Need Is Lunch;" he's sending up the fact that all these years later, people are still doing stories about The Beatles, though they're just going over the same ground about their history and recycling the same old comments about them. So that's what "Rutles 2" satirizes. Therefore, it ISN'T EVEN TRYING to be as good as the original (awfully tough act to follow, anyway). With that said, "Rutles 2" is what it is. There are some good items in it (David Bowie gives some surprisingly memorable moments, and there's some great unused footage from the original movie), but this is something you can only watch every once in a while. Otherwise, my relatively high mark is mostly for Eric's satire/self-awareness about the whole thing.