Film Pick of the Week

"All You Need is Cash" (1978) -A mockumentary taking their cue from Beatles documentaries, co-directors Eric Idle and Gary Weis tell the tale of  Dirk, Barry, Stig & Nasty...The Rutles. Tracing the career of the "Pre-fab Four" from their beginnings in Liverpool to status as the greatest rock band ever "All You Need is Cash" combines the forces of some of the greatest counter-culture comedy minds of the 1970's. Monty Python's Eric Idle & Michael Palin teamed with Saturday Night Live's Gary Weis, Lorn Michaels, Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner , Bill Murray and Al Franken for a twisted journey through pop music. Look for appearances by Paul Simon, Bianca Jagger and Rolling Stone Ron Wood (as a Hell's Angel). Produced a full 6 years prior to the brilliant "This is Spinal Tap", you may consider this film to be the progenitor of feature length mockumentaries. Original songs like "Ouch", "Hold My Hand", "Cheese & Onions" & "Piggy in the Middle" are all send ups of popular Beatles tunes. Co-Director Gary Weis took over the film shorts on Saturday Night Live after Albert Brooks left the show in season 2. He has a distinguished career of real documentaries about comedians and music legends like Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and Steve Martin to name a few. "All You Need is Cash" is a must see for Beatle's aficionados and fans of Spinal Tap. Below is a sample from the "I Am the Walrus" influenced Rutles song "Piggy in the Middle":
Link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1y9BIjTSVk

I know you know what you know
but you should know by now that you're not me
Talk about a month of Sundays
Toffee nosed wet weekend as far as I can see

Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
Piggy in the middle
Doo-a-poo-poo

Bible punching heavyweight
evangelistic boxing kangaroo
Orangutang and anaconda
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse
even Pluto too....