Initially created for Idle's program Rutland Weekend Television, The Rutles gained international fame after being the focus of the 1978 mockumentary television film, All You Need Is Cash (often referred to as just The Rutles). The film was written by Idle, who directed it with Gary Weis. It featured 20 songs written by Innes, which he performed with three musicians as "The Rutles". A soundtrack album in 1978 was followed in 1996 by Archaeology, spoofing the Beatles' Anthology series.
A second film, The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, -- modelled on the 2000 TV special The Beatles Revolution -- was made in 2002 and released in the US on DVD in 2003.
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