''The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch'' (also known as ''The Rutles: Evolution'') is a re-telling of the 1978

mockumentary A mockumentary (a portmanteau of ''mock'' and ''documentary'') is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a Documentary film, documentary. Mockumentaries are often used to analyze or comment on current event ...

All You Need Is Cash ''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. As ''TV Guide'' described it, the group's resemblance to th ...

'', in a modern setting. It premiered at the Don't Knock the Rock film festival on August 16, 2003.

Plot

Twenty-four years after the original, documentarist Melvin Hall (

Eric Idle Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke Co ...

) interviews musicians, actors, and other entertainment figures about the days of the popular band

The Rutles The Rutles () were a rock band that performed visual and aural pastiches and parodies of the Beatles. This originally fictional band, created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes for a sketch in Idle's mid-1970s BBC television comedy series '' Rutland W ...

Cast

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 did not ask for the participation of Fataar, Halsey, Weis or Innes for the making of the film, viewing it as a solo project. The film contained no new footage with the Rutles; Rutle footage consisted of outtakes and unused film produced for the original 1978 mockumentary. Though he had declined to participate in the 1996 release of ''

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'', Idle used songs from the album in the film.

References

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* 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 Films à clef 2000s British films British comedy television films British musical television films {{UK-tv-film-stub