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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.
1997 · Directed by Jay Roach · 89 min · Comedy · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted.
Plot
In 1967, Austin Powers is a flamboyant British spy, renowned for his charm, style, and embodiment of the era's free-spirited hedonism. Unable to defeat Austin, his nemesis Dr. Evil cryogenically freezes himself, intending to return when free love has waned, and greed and corruption dominate society once more. Austin volunteers to be frozen as well, so he can confront Dr. Evil when he returns.
In 1997, Dr. Evil is revived and discovers that many of the evil schemes he planned, like damaging the ozone layer and fabricating a sexual scandal involving Prince Charles, have already occurred without his involvement. Meanwhile, his lieutenant Number Two has transformed Virtucon, the legitimate front of Dr. Evil's criminal empire, into a multibillion-dollar corporation. Uninterested in business, Dr. Evil threatens to hold the world ransom with nuclear weapons until he is paid $100 billion. He meets his teenage son, Scott, conceived with Dr. Evil's preserved sperm; Scott rejects Dr. Evil's attempts to form a relationship out of anger at his absence.
The British Ministry of Defence revives Austin and assigns agent Vanessa Kensington—daughter of his former spy partner Mrs. Kensington—to help him adjust to the 1990s. Unlike her mother, who shared an unspoken love with Austin, the no-nonsense Vanessa is unimpressed by Austin's outdated attitude toward casual sex and relationships. However, she is won over by his charm and the two soon develop a romantic connection.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Mike Myers
- Cinematography: Peter Deming
- Edited by: Debra Neil-Fisher, Dawn Hoggatt
- Music: George S. Clinton
- Production design: Cynthia Kay Charette
- Produced by: Demi Moore, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Mike Myers
Cast
- Mike Myers as Austin Powers / Dr. Evil
- Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington
- Michael York as Basil Exposition
- Mimi Rogers as Mrs. Kensington
- Robert Wagner as Number Two
- Seth Green as Scott Evil
- Fabiana Udenio as Alotta Fagina
- Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina
- Will Ferrell as Mustafa
- Paul Dillon as Patty O'Brien
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Capella International, Moving Pictures, Eric's Boy
- Budget: $16,500,000
- Box office: $67,711,748
- Themes: undercover, missile, spy, group therapy, secret agent, parody, las vegas, james bond spoof, swinging 60s, duringcreditsstinger
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