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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

  • TV Movie
  • 1978
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
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Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.

  • Directors
    • Eric Idle
    • Gary Weis
  • Writer
    • Eric Idle
  • Stars
    • Eric Idle
    • John Halsey
    • Ricky Fataar
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
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    • Directors
      • Eric Idle
      • Gary Weis
    • Writer
      • Eric Idle
    • Stars
      • Eric Idle
      • John Halsey
      • Ricky Fataar
    • 55User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
    Eric Idle, Ricky Fataar, John Halsey, and Neil Innes in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
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    George Harrison and Ronnie Wood in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
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    Eric Idle
    Eric Idle
    • Dirk McQuickly…
    John Halsey
    • Barry Wom
    Ricky Fataar
    • Stig O'Hara
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    Neil Innes
    Neil Innes
    • Ron Nasty
    Michael Palin
    Michael Palin
    • Eric Manchester
    George Harrison
    George Harrison
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    Bianca Jagger
    Bianca Jagger
    • Martini
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    John Belushi
    • Ron Decline
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    • Brian Thigh
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    • Mrs. Emily Pules
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    • Bill Murray the K.
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    Gwen Taylor
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    Ronnie Wood
    Ronnie Wood
    • A Hells Angel
    • (as Ron Wood)
    Terence Bayler
    Terence Bayler
    • Leggy Mountbatten
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    Jeannette Charles
    Jeannette Charles
    • A Queen of England
    • (as Jeanette Charles)
    Carinthia West
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    • The Bigamy Sisters
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    Al Franken
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    • Directors
      • Eric Idle
      • Gary Weis
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    • Trivia
      In his "memoir" available on the DVD, Eric Idle mentions what The Beatles thought of the movie. According to Idle, George Harrison was very supportive and encouraged him. Paul McCartney disapproved at first, but relented when he learned that Idle grew up near Liverpool; his wife Linda always loved it. Ringo Starr liked the happier scenes, but felt the scenes that mimicked sadder times hit too close. John Lennon (along with Yoko Ono) adored it and refused to return the videotape and soundtrack he was given for approval. Lennon also told Neil Innes that "Get Up and Go" was too similar to "Get Back", and to be careful not to be sued by ATV Music, owners of the Beatles catalogue's copyright at the time. The song was consequently omitted from the 1978 vinyl LP soundtrack.
    • Goofs
      When the narrator tries to describe the actual sound of singing "SERGEANT RUTTERS ONLY DARTS CLUB BAND" backwards, the on-screen title displays "DNAB BULC STRAD YLNO SRETTUR TNAEGRES" which are all the letters in reverse order, but he says "DNAB BULC YLNO SRETTUR TNAEGRES" failing to pronounce STRAD, or DARTS backwards.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much that in 1969, a rumor went around that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a waterbed shop and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussaud's. Several so-called "facts" helped the emergence of this rumor. One: he never said anything publicly. Even as the "quiet one," he'd not said a word since 1966. Two: on the cover of their latest album, "Shabby Road," he is wearing no trousers, an Italian way of indicating death. Three: Nasty supposedly sings "I buried Stig" on "I Am The Waitress." In fact, he sings, "E burres stigano," which is very bad Spanish for "Have you a water buffalo?" Four: On the cover of the "Sergeant Rutter" album, Stig is leaning in the exact position of a dying Yeti, from the Rutland Book of the Dead. Five: If you sing the title of "Sergeant Rutter's Only Darts Club Band" backwards, it's supposed to sound very like "Stig has been dead for ages, honestly." In fact, it sounds uncannily like "Dnab Bulc Ylno S'rettur Tnaegres." Palpable nonsense.

    • Crazy credits
      Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, and Roger McGough are interviewed in this movie, and they got a credit on-screen, but they didn't appeared in the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The region 1 DVD contains an alternate edit from all previously released video releases.
    • Connections
      Edited from The Ed Sullivan Show: Meet The Beatles (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      Hold My Hand
      (uncredited)

      Written and Produced by Neil Innes

      Performed by Neil Innes, Ollie Halsall, Ricky Fataar and John Halsey

    User reviews55

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    10/10
    A rel gem!
    I remember watching the NBC broadcast debut of "The Rutles: All You Need is Cash," during the spring of 1978. Even though it was highly promoted that week, and featured cameos by Lorne Michaels and nearly every member of the red-hot Not Ready for Prime Time Players, ratings for the special were abysmal, possibly even the very bottom of the Nielsen list. People I talked to had absolutely no idea what to make of it at all. Go figure. This wonderful piece, which grows better with further perspective on the 60's (and Beatlemania), paved the way for fake documentary genre pioneers, "Zelig," and "Spinal Tap," and fortunately found an audience through home video. Even though "The Rutles" is very much an Eric Idle project, it is often overlooked that this film was largely directed by Gary Weis, who was responsible for the wonderful, ground-breaking short films that appeared on the early episodes of "Saturday Night Live." Hats off to Neil Innes, whose songs and arrangements were absolutely dead-on, not just musically, but technically correct in every detail as they evolved through the Beatles chronology.
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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1978 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • The Official Rutles Home Page
      • The Rutles
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • All You Need Is Cash
    • Filming locations
      • Abbey Road Studios, Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Above Average Productions
      • Broadway Video
      • Rutle
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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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