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Rutles, The - All You Need Is Cash
on DVD (1978)
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Brief synopsis of Rutles, The - All You Need Is Cash
THE RUTLES is a hilarious send-up of the myth and reality--mostly the myth--of the Beatles. Created by Monty Python's Eric Idle and produced by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE creator Lorne Michaels, this mockumentary contains cameos from Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Ron Wood, Bill Murray, and even one of the mocked himself, George Harrison. To make the comedy all the more exciting, this version was banned from United States television. Songs include: 'Hold My Hand', 'Number One', 'Love Life', 'Living in Hope', 'Get Up and Go', 'Cheese and Onions', 'Doubleback Alley', and many others. It is not a stretch to say that without THE RUTLES--ALL YOU NEED IS CASH, there might never have been a SPINAL TAP.
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The career of this mop-topped Liverpudlian band echoes that of a rather more famous quartet, in a witty documentary parody of the Fab Four's career. The brainchild of stars Eric Idle (who writes, co-directs and narrates à la Alan Whicker) and Neil Innes (responsible for music, lyrics and a killer John Lennon impersonation), this cleverly incorporates multiple film stocks and varied musical re-creations to send-up the iconic rise of The Beatles. There's inspired fake newsreel footage, interviews with both invented and real celebrities (Mick Jagger included), elaborate movie clips and brilliantly imitated live performances, using Innes's spot-on pastiches of classic tracks. Despite the pun-laden, sometimes painful links by Idle's roving reporter and inane cameos from Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and, gamely, George Harrison, this has many clever touches. The pick of these is their fantastical animated spoof of Yellow Submarine.
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