Monty pythonalum eric idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, the rutles. All you need is cash and cant buy me lunch in the same set. Cant buy me lunch is a 2002 retelling of the 1978 mockumentary all you need is cash, in a modern setting. Twentythree years after the release of the original rutles documentary, famous artists, actors and musicians speak out.
It looks like your browser doesnt support this embedded audio. Pop culture, comedic satire, and rock music have always made for strange bedfellows. The rutles biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Twentythree years after the original, documentarist melvin hall eric idle interviews mainstream artists, actors, and musicians about the days of the popular band.
The design of the records inner sleeve reflected the appleemi 19621966 red and 19671970 blue compilation beatles albums released in 1973, with printed lyrics, red, blue and white layouts, and the track listing for the two album sides using similar periods side one. Krammerhead who, just like in the first film, interviews several notable celebrities who expound on the greatness of the prefab four. Rosenbaum was published in the summer of 1979 in this interview, idle talks about the origin of the idea, some problems involved in. Twentysix years after the release of the original rutles documentary, famous artists, actors, and musicians speak out on how the rutles influenced them. The rutles eric idle, neil innes the old gay whistle test 03. Twentythree years after the release of the original rutles documentary, famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how the rutles influenced them.
Cant buy me lunch tv movie 2004 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lunch celebrates the music of the rutles with a new remixed mashup compilation album that mirrors the beatles love show. The rutles are a satirical band mirroring the beatles. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic tv movie the rutles. Eric idle i must be in love from eric idle sings monty python live, 2000. A beautiful vignette movie of interviews with rutlesinspired celebrities. The prefab four, as they appear in the film all you need is cash, are dirk mcquickly, barry wom john halsey, stig ohara ricky fataar and ron nasty. Eric idles 1978 beatles parody, a brilliant satire of the four lads from liverpool with pitchperfect song parodies. The rutles feels selfcontained, like a highly choreographed sketch which it is, while spinal tap is freeform and freeflowing, and doesnt feel like people reading lines. Cant buy me lunch even the best jokes are rarely as funny the second time around, and sadly eric idles followup to the 1978 beatles parody is no exception. Lunch opens with between us, used as the analogue to the beatles because for its rich harmonies. Rutland weekend television takes a look at the prefab four.
The cover art of the album suggested the existence of a number of other rutles albums including tragical history tour and let it rot. All you need is cash also known as the rutles is a 1978 television film that traces in mockumentary style the career of a fictitious english rock group called the rutles. All you need is cash, the fictional story of englands other legendary foursome, i was going to put together a boxed set called the compleat rutles, compiling each and every existing track i could find, arranged in chronological order based on information taken directly. Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time. The idea grew from there, and after an appearance on saturday night live, idle and innes were encouraged to develop the rutles into a fulllength. Original copies are extremely hard to find, as the album has been counterfeited endlessly. It originally started with a brief skit one song for their mid70s tv show, rutland weekend televsion in 1976. All you need is cash on a tiny budget, but with a hilariously clever and knowing script, eric idle and neil innes labored to create the story of the rutles in a movie for nbc television called all you need is cash. Cant buy me lunch in a more flattering light, as a misstep on the road to artistic redemption rather than a cynical attempt to wring a few dollars out of a comedy brand nearly as revered and venerable as monty pythons. If cant buy me lunch were included as a bonus feature on a deluxe edition of the rutles, its slapdash. The original 1978 vinyl release of the soundtrack omitted some of the material.
The rutles 2 cant buy me lunch mixes familiar footage rehashed from the original mockumentary with new interviews with a host of musicians, actors, and. The savage young rutles early bootleg rutage bm69 october 1965 an album of dubious and questionable legal status, it featured tracks originally recorded in hamburg in 1961, with the rutles backing albert prelly speeridan. The rutles 2cant buy me lunch 2004 rotten tomatoes. Cant buy me lunch is een britse mockumentary uit 2002, geschreven, geregisseerd en deels geproduceerd door eric idle. Cant buy me lunch 2002 starring eric idle and david bowie on dvd and bluray. This documentary follows their career from their early days in liverpool and hamburgs infamous ratkeller, to their amazing worldwide success. As tv guide described it, the groups resemblance to the beatles is purely and satirically intentional. Electrode, comp701217874, dcprodcdc01, envproda, profprod, ver20. Nbc was so taken with the project, though, that they.
With eric idle, neil innes, ricky fataar, john halsey. The rutles anthology is a keeper and a must own for fans of the beatles, snl, and monty python. As with their slightly more famous reallife counterparts, the rutles official releases are far outnumbered by the various bootlegs, outtakes, and rarities compilations. The rutles music and video performances collection. Twentythree years after the original, documentarist melvin hall eric idle interviews mainstream artists, actors, and musicians about the days of the popular band the rutles, which mostly consisted of. The rutles 2 cant buy me lunch eric idle 2002 youtube. The rutles archaeology, the response to the beatles anthology, reunited the parody band for a new 16track album. The rutles all you need is cash 1978 dvdrip x264highcode.
I built a neighborhood of barking dogs, from the rutles. Its decades later and the rutles are embarking on their final reunion tour. The rutles all you need is cash 1978 dvdrip 540p x264. The cd reissue included the 6 other songs featured on the soundtrack that were not included in the vinyl lp. Twenty six years after the release of the original rutles documentary, famous artists. Alas, it does not compare well to the brilliant earlier biopic. Thanks to spamalot, its tempting to view the longshelved rutles 2. This mock documentary riffing on the story of pop legends the beatles follows a fictional band, the rutles, as they climb to the top of the charts. A soundtrack album entitled the rutles containing 14 tongueincheek pastiches of beatles songs was also released. Albums include the rutles, archaeology, and all you need is cash. With eric idle, john halsey, ricky fataar, neil innes. All you need is cash which first aired in march of 1978. The second half of the anthology is 2002s cant buy me lunch, which is a much lesser effort. The rutles were a hapless but wellmeaning band created as both tribute and goof by eric idle of monty python fame when he was appearing on.
Lunch is a unique collaboration between rutle corps and circle of hay celebrating the musical legacy of the rutles. Another look at the rutles, an updated retrospective on the band which added new narrator segments and interviews to the original movies footage of the band. Song by song details the rutles lunch circle of hay show and. The rutles ook bekend als the prefab four is een parodie op the beatles. The tv film was originally intended as a latenight special, perhaps to fill in for nbcs saturday night on one of its weeks off. Cant buy me lunch modelled on the 2000 tv special the beatles revolution. Listen free to the rutles lunch between us, get up and go and more. All you need is cash comes from 1978, and started life initially as a comedy spot on the us tv show saturday night live.
Released september 12th, 2004, the rutles stars eric idle, michael palin, neil innes, john belushi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Eric idle is the only cast member to return here, and he only plays the reporter who revisits many of the rutles historical locations and introduces clips from cant buy me lunch along with a. However, this is not a complete discography, as i have left out some of the. Twentysix years after the release of the original rutles documentary, famous artists. Cant buy me lunch modelled on the 2000 tv special the beatles revolution was made in 2002 and released in the us on. The compleat rutles the boxed set that wasnt revised. The rutles are, of course, a delightful beatles parody created by exmonty pythoner eric idle and his songwriting partner, neil innes. With all due respect to the collective genius involved in the spinal tap saga, it is safe to say no other artists have been able to repeat or recreate the delicate balance exhibited in the rutles multimedia parody. Cant buy me lunch 2002, a mock chronicle of the bands reunion tour of america, which also includes inept documentarian idles interviews with a variety of stars david bowie, steve martin, conan obrien, and more about the rutles legacy. Then in the early 2000s, idle wrote and directed cant buy me lunch. The band that originally performed the music in the film and on their records consisted of innes, halsey, fataar, guitarist ollie halsall and bassist andy brown. A shortlived rutles fan club, called rutlemaniacs international, was created and run by david rosenbaum in the year after all you need is cash aired. This originally fictional band, created by eric idle and neil innes for 1970s television programming, became an actual group whilst remaining a parody of the beatles which toured and recorded, releasing many songs and albums that included two uk chart hits.
The original saturday night live sketch featuring the early rutles appearance is probably the only worthwhile extra on the whole program. If you only have the official releases from the rutles the rutles and archaeology, then you have only just scratched the surface of the festering boil that is the rutles music. Rare and selected movies from all genres free download. The rutles is an eric idle and neil innes invention, a very funny and clever beatles parody group. This venture included a madefortelevision mockumentary titled all you need is cash. In the third issue of the fan club newsletter rutles forever, an interview with eric idle conducted by mr. Since there is no complete rutles discography out there in the internet universe, i decided to compile one as a reference for all rutles fans. This followup to the original rutles rockumentary the rutles all you need is cash is a mixed bag that would probably appeal to either a rutles novice or the diehard fan. Good times roll parodies lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Alk you need is cash 1978 dvdrip 540p x264 mkv rutland weekend television takes a look at the prefab four. The socalled sequel, cant buy me lunch is not on the bluray disc, though from the advance word, youd expect it to be there. The music in this film is great and what a treat to have both the rutles. Among those who appear as themselves are david bowie. The rutles were a rock band that performed visual and aural pastiches and parodies of the.
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