The Rutles/All You Need Is Cash

1 9 7 8 (UK/USA)

Rutland Weekend Television takes a look at the Pre-fab Four: Dirk, Barry, Stig and Nasty; better known as the Rutles. This documentary follows their career from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg's infamous Rat-Keller, to their amazing worldwide success. 

A parody of Beatlemania and the many serious documentaries made about The Beatles, The Rutles originally began as a sketch on Eric Idle's UK TV show Rutland Weekend Television (1975), showing the band (with Idle as Harrison) playing a slower version of I Must Be in Love in their movie A Hard Day's Rut. Lorne Michaels aired the clip on Saturday Night Live when Idle hosted in 1975, which led to a deal for the movie.

Known in the USA as All You Need Is Cash.

TRIVIA NOTE
Innes, Fataar and Halsey regrouped in 1996 to record Archaeology, their satirical response to The Beatles' Anthology. It consisted of tunes not used in the movie, rearranged Neil Innes solo songs and one song penned as a spoof of Free as a Bird. Idle didn't take part and the album's press materials explained that Dirk McQuickly had quit the music business to become a comedian.