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Any film that served as an inspiration for the now-classic Comic Documentary or Mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap deserves at least one viewing. Though mind you, All You Need Is Cash or The Rutles as it's more commonly known, deserves multiple viewings. Successfully combining the talents of Saturday Night Live, Monty Python and the lesser known Rutland Weekend Television cast members, the film parodies the exploits of The Beatles almost to the bone. Pretty impressive; even more impressive considering its 72 minutes running time.

The best thing about this film is that former Beatle, George Harrison (a fan of Monty Python, even going as far as funding Life Of Brian) has a cameo as an interviewer. There's much to admire, particularly in the way the life of the Beatles is comically shred to pieces. For instance "Chastity, a simple little German girl, whose father had invented World War Two" is the greatest satire on how Yoko has been blamed for the break up of the Beatles. From the opening scene in which the "pre-fab four", the Rutles climb into a limousine, enter another limousine and then another one after that, you know that in the words of Monty Python, you're in "for something completely different".

Whether you're a Beatles fan or not, the band is so well known that the average person is very likely to find well crafted humour either in the prolific Beatles references or in the overall deadpan structure of the film.