The Rutles 2 - Can't Buy Me Lunch | April Adams (II), Clint Black

The Rutles 2 - Can't Buy Me Lunch | April Adams (II), Clint Black | Why? I'll tell ya why...

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	The Rutles 2 - Can't Buy Me Lunch April Adams (II), Clint Black Warner Home Video, 2005 average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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Very, very disappointing.

I must echo the other reviews here by stating that this movie was a really sad attempt at whatever it was they were attempting. Rehashed jokes mixed with rehashed footage, sparked up with a handful of inconsistent and generally sluggish interviews with modern artists.

It seems almost like Idle went at this with no script, rounded up whoever was available, and took a friend with a camcorder out on a long weekend to do the filming. I can only assume that the shots of Idle in Paris, New York, Hawaii and other locations around the world were shot during downtime on a tour, as the budget of this video obviously wasn't enough to afford a lighting technician, much less a world tour.

Uninspired 'new' songs are badly edited to old footage, and entire chunks of the original film are dropped in. Very few new chuckles (or chuckles at all) are to be found. The bright spots come from interviewees like Tom Hanks, David Bowie and Billy Connoly... most of whom are funnier in the outtakes than they were in the film itself.

If I thought anyone would buy it, I'd try to sell this DVD. Don't waste your time with this one - get the original.

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Why? I'll tell ya why...

It is a sad, sad, tale that I have to tell you, but I'll keep it short.

Back when the Rutles were first conceived, Neil Innes (seen in 'Grail' as the Minstrel) and Eric Idle worked amicably together, creating a sharp and hilarious parody of the Beatles legend. Idle wrote the script, and Innes created the music. The original 'All You Need Is Cash' special placed 65th out of 65 shows the week it was originally shown in 1978, but the fame of the Rutles grew over the years just the same.

Eric Idle did not write, sing or perform any Rutles music, ever. However, Idle, as the 'face' that was most identifiable to Americans (as the narrator and lip-synching Dirk McQuickly), enjoyed whatever credit there was to be had for the Rutles. He enjoyed this for years, until the Rutles album was re-released in the 90s, when the true genius of the team was revealed to all (us hardcore fans already knew) as Neil Innes.

When the 'Archaeology' project was conceived (to much excitement among the former Rutle musicians and producers, even George Harrison), it went through a huge bidding war, with Virgin finally winning and putting its considerable muscle behind the production and marketing of the album. That is, until the month before the album came out. Idle then brought to bear all sorts of legal demands (monetary and otherwise) that pretty much killed the album, as Virgin was now loathe to put lots of money into the promotion of the project. Idle demanded every image of himself be deleted from the package, as well as half the album profits and the odd note on the album cover that 'The Rutles' was the SOLE creation of Idle.

Because of all this, the album was pretty much 'stillborn' at release, and Innes was sent into bankruptcy.

Innes and Idle have NOTHING now but animosity between them.

If you want to read the entire sad tale, see the Internet Archive and do a search on the Rutles.

After all the negative reviews and wondering about why the 'Shangri-La' video or anything of real consequence is contained in this product, I just thought I'd let you know.

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