pythonline.com has announced that Warner Brothers plans to release Can't Buy me Lunch on video in March. Go there and then go to the news page for August 19 where you can find the information under the Eric Idle heading. At the moment though, that's all the news there is.
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RUTLES 2: "CAN'T BUY ME LUNCH" Tuesday, 5 August 2003
Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch will premiere at the Don't Knock the Rock Festival on August 16, 7:30 PM and 11:45 PM at the ArcLight Cinemas
After sitting on a shelf at Warner Brothers for over a year, Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, the much anticipated sequel to Eric Idle's 1978 mockumentary, will receive its world premiere in Los Angeles on August 16. The screening is part of the first annual Don't Knock the Rock Festival, which is being held August 15-17 in various venues throughout Hollywood.
The festival's organizers have arranged two showings, the first at 7:30 PM and again at 11:45 PM that same night. Both screenings will take place at the ArcLight Cinema on Sunset Blvd.
The first Don't Knock the Rock Festival launches what will be an annual film and music event celebrating the rock and roll roots of Hollywood. The three-day festival is a historical journey of classic and new rock and roll films.
Saturday night will be the world premiere of Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, which actually wrapped production last year. Written and directed by Eric Idle, Rutles 2 is the sequel to All You Need is Cash and, like the original, it is a parody of the myriad documentaries made about the Beatles.
For Rutles 2, Eric dug up some outtakes and old footage from the original documentary. “Yes, there's found footage,” confessed Eric. “I went to New Jersey and found the original outtakes – the negatives – which are fabulous. Mechanically, you could just process them, and the positive was all fresh and great.” In addition, the film uses the Rutles' second album, Archeology (1996), to look back on the Rutles' influence on contemporary artists.
“It’s a documentary with my same narrator character,” said Eric, “only it’s 30 years later, and he goes around talking to Salman Rushdie, Tom Hanks, James Taylor, David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt about how the world has been influenced, and how their lives have been changed by the Rutles.” [2]
“He pursues Jennifer Lopez and Madonna trying to get interviews, which is really funny, and Gary Shandling is just brilliant. I made it under the aegis of Lorne Michaels again, and we sold it to Warners.” For reasons unbeknownst to even Eric, Warner Brothers sat on the project and the film has, until recently, only seen limited test screenings. August 16 will be the official world premiere.
The cast includes Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Ricky Fataar and John Halsey as The Rutles, along with Rutles fans and foes David Bowie, Billy Connolly, Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Jewel, Steve Martin, Mike Nichols, Conan O'Brien, Salman Rushdie, Garry Shandling, Robin Williams, and cameos from the first installment by Mick Jagger, George Harrison, and Ron Wood.
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A huge enthusiastic crowd turned up at the Arclight on Sunset on August 16 to see the world premiere of The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, as part of the first annual Don't Knock the Rock Film Festival.
This 60-minute version had never been shown before. According to Eric Idle who introduced the film, the only person who had seen it prior to that Saturday night was George Harrison, who reportedly watched it "with a beatific smile" not long before he passed away.
This version of the film was edited from hours of material, so that only the best of the best is in the film. Author and Cleese-assistant Kim 'Howard' Johnson was present at the event. “It really moves along, and is VERY funny stuff,” Howard reported.
After the screening, Eric participated in a Q & A session moderated by Saturday Night Live veteran Kevin Nealon. Jim Piddock (of Best in Show), who appears in the film, was also on hand for the audience questions.
Eric shared behind-the-scenes stories and answered audience questions, and also revealed that he will be going on tour himself this fall, with The Greedy Bastard Tour.
The only bit of bad news was that Can't Buy Me Lunch wont be released on video by Warner Video till March 2005!!!
You know, I had no idea about the Hollywood thing. I would have gone! I don't think it was as big as they're making it. It wasn't on the new or anything. And they put every little movie thing on the news here. Maybe I was just out of it that day.
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