The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (also known as The Rutles: Evolution or Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles) is a re-telling of the 1978 mockumentary All You Need Is Cash, in a modern setting. It premiered at the Don't Knock the Rock film festival on August 16, 2003.
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Plot
Twenty-four years after the original, documentarist Melvin Hall (Eric Idle) interviews musicians, actors, and other entertainment figures about the days of the popular band The Rutles.
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, Innes or director Gary Weis 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 Archaeology, Idle used songs from the album in the film.