More than three decades after the film was released (1978), I finally saw The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash a couple of weeks ago on a DVD from Netflix. Being a fan of both "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and the original cast of "Saturday Night Live," I found this mockumentary to be spot on! Eric Idle was brilliant, and clearly this was a labour of love for him. The oh-so-serious approach of the filmmakers caught the flavour of legitimate documentaries so faithfully that at times one could almost forget the whole project was in jest. So effective was the make-up that I did not realise that George Harrison appeared until I saw his name in the closing credits. With Monty Python on the brain, I was fooled into thinking Leggy Mountbatten was played by an emaciated John Cleese, but actually that was Terence Bayler. What is your opinion of this film?
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