The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch | |
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Written by | Eric Idle |
Directed by | Eric Idle |
Starring | Eric Idle Neil Innes Ricky Fataar John Halsey |
Narrated by | Eric Idle |
Country of origin | UK |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Eric Idle Lorne Michaels |
Running time | 56 minutes |
Distributor | Warner Bros. |
Release | |
Original release | August 2003 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | All You Need Is Cash |
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch is a re-telling of the 1978 mockumentary All You Need Is Cash, in a modern setting. It was premiered at the Don't Knock the Rock film festival in 2003.[1]
Plot[]
Twenty-four years after the original, documentarist Melvin Hall (Eric Idle) interviews musicians, actors, and other entertainment figures about the days of the popular band The Rutles.
Cast[]
- Eric Idle as Melvin Hall / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
- Neil Innes as Ron Nasty
- Ricky Fataar as Stig O'Hara
- John Halsey as Barry Wom
- Terence Baylor as Leggy Mountbatten
- Mariela Comitini as Jennifer Lopez
- Peter Crabbe as Police Officer
- Jimmy Fallon as Melvin's Son
- Samantha Harris as The Jogger
- Lily Idle as Rutles Fan
- Bianca Jagger as Martini (archive footage)
- Bill Murray as Bill Murray the K
- Kevin Nealon as Kevin Wongle
- Catherine O'Hara as Astro Glide
- Jim Piddock as Troy Nixon
- Gwen Taylor as Chastity (archive footage)
- Carinthia West as Carinthia (archive footage)
- Robin Williams as Hans Hänkie
- Henry Woolf as Arthur Sultan
- as Groupie Interviewee (scenes deleted)
as themselves:
- Peter Asher
- Clint Black
- David Bowie
- Billy Connolly
- Tom Hanks
- Carrie Fisher
- Mick Jagger (archive footage)
- Jewel
- Steve Martin
- Graham Nash
- Mike Nichols
- Conan O'Brien
- Bonnie Raitt
- Salman Rushdie
- Garry Shandling
- Dave Stewart
- James Taylor
- Jann Wenner
Background[]
In the interviews with David Bowie, he is seen holding a copy of the vinyl album The Rutles 1, calling it a "piece of marketing extravagance." The interview in the film shows the cover of the album with a black circle that has the words "27 No. 1 Songs on One LP". In the DVD extras, the circle on the album cover says "27 No. 1 Songs on 1 CD", even though this is a vinyl record album. Either way, this was the only time that a Rutles album was practically identical to a Beatles album in both album cover and title.
Reception[]
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch received mainly negative reviews, with many complaining that it was simply an update for modern audiences. Idle didn't ask for the participation of Fataar, Halsey or Innes for the making of the film, viewing it as a solo project.[2] It contained no new interviews with the Rutles; Rutle footage consisted of outtakes and unused film produced for the original 1978 mockumentary. Idle did new interviews with Hanks, Raitt, Williams, Shandling and Rushdie. Though he had declined to participate in the 1996 release of Archaeology, Idle used songs from the album in the film.
References[]
- ^ McCall, Douglas (19 November 2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969-2012, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1311-6.
- ^ Caro, Mark (10 May 2005). "Art imitates strife: Rutles launch feud". Chicago Tribune.
External links[]
- British mockumentary films
- British rock music films
- Pop music films
- 2002 television films
- 2002 films
- The Beatles in film
- Films with screenplays by Eric Idle
- British films
- British television films
- Films à clef
- British television film stubs