[3] On April 24, 1976, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels parodied such offers with an on-air announcement that he would pay the Beatles $3,000 if they would perform on his program together.

"[4] John Lennon discussed the Saturday Night Live episode, as well as his relationship with McCartney, in a September 1980 interview for Playboy: Paul and I were together watching that show.

Legend has it that in 1976 — six years after the bitter breakup of the Beatles — Paul McCartney paid a surprise visit to John Lennon at his apartment in New York City.

Rather, it is a work of fiction in appreciation of two blokes from Liverpool, and the gifts they gave us.The screenplay consists of a series of long conversations between John Lennon and Paul McCartney (while their wives, as well as other Beatles, are referred to, they do not appear in the production).

"[7] Critic Kevin McDonough argues that, "in less talented hands, Two of Us, like any Beatles-reenactment movie, could have been an awful exercise in bad wigs and Liverpool accents.

Instead, Lindsay-Hogg and first-time screen writer Mark Stanfield have created a small masterpiece, a variation on My Dinner With Andre meets The Beatles.

"[8] Critic David Bianculli likened Two of Us to a three-act play with the following structure: Nanciann Cherry wrote that, "[Harris and Quinn] are superb, capturing accents, mannerisms, and behavior of their two famous characters.

More than a fine job of imitation, Harris and Quinn get beyond the trappings of fame and show us two men, former best friends, who have gone separate ways and no longer know how to recapture that friendship.

Phil Gallo wrote in his Variety review on Jan 31, 2000 that:Their strongest interaction occurs over cappuccino and chocolate with McCartney still in disguise and Lennon willing to sit exposed.

[12]Canadian-born character actor Derek Aasland played the stuttering fan sparring with John Lennon and Paul McCartney as to whether "Silly Love Songs" was worthy of #1 status in the US.

"[15] The film's technical advisor, Beatles historian Martin Lewis, conducted extensive research, drawing upon both his and Michael Lindsay-Hogg's personal knowledge of the band:

"[18] The original soundtrack by David Schwartz does not include any songs by the Beatles because "the producers could not get clearance from the notoriously difficult copyright holders, a company owned by Michael Jackson.

"[19] Critic Kevin Thompson further argues:[20] Lauren Zalaznick, VH1's senior vice president of original programming and development, notes, 'This movie is all about two souls, arguably the most famous musicians of our time.