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'Get Up and Go' - The Making of The Rutles featuring interviews with Neil Innes, Michael Palin, director Gary Weis, John Halsey and Rikki Fataar
'Inside Shabby Road' - The Music of The Rutles - A revealing look at the composition and recording of the seminal soundtrack
Audio commentary by Eric Idle
Eric Idle intro
Deleted scenes.
'Inside Shabby Road' - The Music of The Rutles - A revealing look at the composition and recording of the seminal soundtrack
Audio commentary by Eric Idle
Eric Idle intro
Deleted scenes.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Still surprisingly effective, and the template for its far more popular and successful successor, "This is Spinal Tap", "All You Need is Cash" is its own magical mystery tour... a bizarre journey through the Beatles' story that twists & turns between the inspired and the downright silly but which, in the end, gets you there.
First off, Eric Idle's opening narration leaves you feeling that you're on some kind of second-rate Monty Python jaunt but, pretty soon thereafter, you hit the first of Neil Innes' brilliantly written and performed pastiches of Beatles' songs and things get much more impressive. And, from here on, it's a roller-coaster ride through some hilariously good and other, fairly weak re-workings of the Fab Four's career including brilliant send-ups of "Magical Mystery Tour", the Apple Corps debacle, "Yellow Submarine" and the "Get Back" rooftop session. But what makes this whole weird & wonderful ride hang together is the music... inspired, "tongue in cheek" gems that are so good that it's often difficult to remember they're not in fact original Beatles recordings. And, finally, the DVD's additional "deleted scenes" from the film's interviews with Mick Jagger & Paul Simon add fascinating insights into how The Beatles impacted on them while providing some wonderfully unintentional entertainment as they both struggle to remember that they should be talking about "The Rutles" rather than the real thing.
But what makes the film really interesting is that it's much closer to the reality of what actually went on than you may think. George Harrison's involvement as an actor in it, coupled with his close association with Eric Idle and the Monty Python team suggests that a great deal of "insider knowledge" was involved... how much remains a mystery in itself but the hand of someone "in the know" is most definitely there, making this flawed but highly entertaining film more than just an enjoyable spoof.
First off, Eric Idle's opening narration leaves you feeling that you're on some kind of second-rate Monty Python jaunt but, pretty soon thereafter, you hit the first of Neil Innes' brilliantly written and performed pastiches of Beatles' songs and things get much more impressive. And, from here on, it's a roller-coaster ride through some hilariously good and other, fairly weak re-workings of the Fab Four's career including brilliant send-ups of "Magical Mystery Tour", the Apple Corps debacle, "Yellow Submarine" and the "Get Back" rooftop session. But what makes this whole weird & wonderful ride hang together is the music... inspired, "tongue in cheek" gems that are so good that it's often difficult to remember they're not in fact original Beatles recordings. And, finally, the DVD's additional "deleted scenes" from the film's interviews with Mick Jagger & Paul Simon add fascinating insights into how The Beatles impacted on them while providing some wonderfully unintentional entertainment as they both struggle to remember that they should be talking about "The Rutles" rather than the real thing.
But what makes the film really interesting is that it's much closer to the reality of what actually went on than you may think. George Harrison's involvement as an actor in it, coupled with his close association with Eric Idle and the Monty Python team suggests that a great deal of "insider knowledge" was involved... how much remains a mystery in itself but the hand of someone "in the know" is most definitely there, making this flawed but highly entertaining film more than just an enjoyable spoof.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The Rutles is a parody of The Beatles. It is a one off film that is not hysterically funny but is an entertaining bit of fun. The Fictional Rutles tells the Beatles story in such a way that it is believable and true. You can ask yourself the question why bother re telling the Beatles story but with different names and songs? Well it's simply the fun of making a convincingly fake Beatles story with a humorous distortion of the true story.
The film is a documentary style history of the Rutles. The costumes, the sets, the sixties re creations, the location shots and the fake interviews with real famous people like Mick Jagger and Paul Simon who apparently knew the Rutles, make this look realistic There is humour in the distortion of famous names, song titles and Beatles historic moments.
The best thing about this film is the music. Without a doubt this is the element that makes it all work. Because to be honest I did not find the script very funny and the fun of the visual parody of the Beatles story can struggle to maintain attention for a long period on its own. The music is original to the Rutles. I mean yes it is a parody of Beatles songs with contributions such as "hold my hand" and "Cheese and Onion", but the tunes and words are all brilliant originals by Neil Innes. There was a UK hit single from this project this was "I must be in love". This is a great example. It isn't a Beatles tune but it sounds like one, and it uses the same sort of harmonies that the Beatles used in their "Love me do"," Cant buy me love", and "she love you" era.
The Rutles film was a one off special by Eric Idle, David Battley, and Neil Innes after a successful run of the comedy series Rutland Weekend Television. That series had Eric Idle as programme controller of a small TV company who made comedy parodies of established shows. Neil Innes created the music for all of them and after the series the team progressed to create this best remembered effort The Rutles. The Film was created in 1978.
The Rutles tells the story of the greatest pop band. The band is Dirk, Ron, Stig and Barry. It takes us through the pre Fab four period, the "Hard days Rut" period, "Sgt Rutters darts club band" and the "Let it rot" periods.
This is not the greatest film ever but it is a good bit of spoof fun.
The film is a documentary style history of the Rutles. The costumes, the sets, the sixties re creations, the location shots and the fake interviews with real famous people like Mick Jagger and Paul Simon who apparently knew the Rutles, make this look realistic There is humour in the distortion of famous names, song titles and Beatles historic moments.
The best thing about this film is the music. Without a doubt this is the element that makes it all work. Because to be honest I did not find the script very funny and the fun of the visual parody of the Beatles story can struggle to maintain attention for a long period on its own. The music is original to the Rutles. I mean yes it is a parody of Beatles songs with contributions such as "hold my hand" and "Cheese and Onion", but the tunes and words are all brilliant originals by Neil Innes. There was a UK hit single from this project this was "I must be in love". This is a great example. It isn't a Beatles tune but it sounds like one, and it uses the same sort of harmonies that the Beatles used in their "Love me do"," Cant buy me love", and "she love you" era.
The Rutles film was a one off special by Eric Idle, David Battley, and Neil Innes after a successful run of the comedy series Rutland Weekend Television. That series had Eric Idle as programme controller of a small TV company who made comedy parodies of established shows. Neil Innes created the music for all of them and after the series the team progressed to create this best remembered effort The Rutles. The Film was created in 1978.
The Rutles tells the story of the greatest pop band. The band is Dirk, Ron, Stig and Barry. It takes us through the pre Fab four period, the "Hard days Rut" period, "Sgt Rutters darts club band" and the "Let it rot" periods.
This is not the greatest film ever but it is a good bit of spoof fun.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I have watched this film more times than I care to remember and never fail to laugh. Where do I begin? The characters - Barry Wom, Leggy Mountbatten and Stig Nasty? Or the songs 'All you need is cash', 'Ouch!' and 'I am the waitress'. Or the amazing cameos from George Harrison, Mick Jagger, etc. So many highlights but the outstanding ones for me are John Belushi as Ron Decline, Dirk admitting to 'taking' tea and Nasty & Chastity sitting in a shower for peace. Favourite lines?
- During this time, Dirk married Martini, a French actress who spoke no English and precious little French. When they married in London, the service was conducted in Spanish, Italian and Chinese, to be on the safe side.
- [Leggy's death] was not entirely unexpected. Leggy's recent behavior had been giving grounds for concern. He had been investing heavily in Spanish bullfighters and in California he had been arrested for giving the kiss of life to a rubber raft.
- Barry became a hairdresser with two fully equipped salons of his own. Stig went to work for Air India as an air hostess. Dirk with his wife Martini went on to form a punk rock group called the Punk Floyd. He sings and she doesn't.
Just rent or buy it and you will either love it or hate it but just typing this has made me laugh.
- During this time, Dirk married Martini, a French actress who spoke no English and precious little French. When they married in London, the service was conducted in Spanish, Italian and Chinese, to be on the safe side.
- [Leggy's death] was not entirely unexpected. Leggy's recent behavior had been giving grounds for concern. He had been investing heavily in Spanish bullfighters and in California he had been arrested for giving the kiss of life to a rubber raft.
- Barry became a hairdresser with two fully equipped salons of his own. Stig went to work for Air India as an air hostess. Dirk with his wife Martini went on to form a punk rock group called the Punk Floyd. He sings and she doesn't.
Just rent or buy it and you will either love it or hate it but just typing this has made me laugh.
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