Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Jay Roach

Writer (WGA):

Mike Myers (written by)

Release Date:

2 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

If he were any cooler, he'd still be frozen, baby!

Plot:

A 1960's hipster secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy into the 1990's where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | Spy | Agent | 1960s | Spoof

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Mike Myers	...	Austin Powers / Dr. Evil
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Vanessa Kensington
Michael York	...	Basil Exposition
Mimi Rogers	...	Mrs. Kensington
Robert Wagner	...	Number Two
Seth Green	...	Scott Evil
Fabiana Udenio	...	Alotta Fagina
Mindy Sterling	...	Frau Farbissina
Paul Dillon	...	Patty O'Brien
Charles Napier	...	Commander Gilmour
Will Ferrell	...	Mustafa
Joann Richter	...	'60s Model
Anastasia Sakelaris	...	'60s Model (as Anastasia Nicole Sakelaris)
Afifi Alaouie	...	'60s Model
Monet Mazur	...	Mod Girl

Also Known As:

Austin Powers (USA) (working title)
Austin Powers - Das Schärfste, was Ihre Majestät zu bieten hat (Germany)
Austin Powers (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Austin Powers (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Ajanlar krali (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Austin Powers (Slovenia) [sl]
Austin Powers (Denmark) [da]
Austin Powers - 000 Um Agente Nada Discreto (Brazil) [pt]
Austin Powers - O... kataskopos pou gyrise apo... trio (Greece) [el]
Austin Powers - agenten som kom ut av fryser'n (Norway) [no]
Austin Powers - hemlig internationell agent (Sweden) [sv]
Austin Powers - kumma jätkä (Finland) [fi]
Austin Powers: Dularfulli njósnarinn (Iceland) [is]
Austin Powers: agent specjalnej troski (Poland) [pl]
Austin Powers: il controspione (Italy) [it]
O Agente Misterioso (Portugal) [pt]
O kataskopos pou gyrise apo to... trio (Greece) (TV title) [el]
O kataskopos pou irthe apo to... trio (Greece) (festival title) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for nudity, sex-related dialogue and humor.

Runtime:

94 min | Turkey:68 min (TV version)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18SX | Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Finland:S (DVD rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34834)

Filming Locations:

Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino - 3535 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

As Austin and Vanessa escape from the underground factory, they run by Vasquez Rocks, a popular filming location and state park, and speed off further into the park's parking lot. The exit is the other way.

Goofs:

Continuity: The briefcase Number 2 sets on the table when he offers Austin the business proposition is closed in one shot, and appears open and full of money in the next. This is due to a cut scene which is shown after the movie on the video release, but appears as a continuity error in the actual movie.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dr. Evil: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my underground lair. I have gathered here before me the world's deadliest assassins, and yet each of you has failed to kill Austin Powers. That makes me angry. And when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset... people DIE!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Special (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Carnival

Raunchy humor,but a fun spoof

Aside from it's overwhelmingly raunchy humor,I consider this to be a great spoof of the spy genre and 60's culture.Mike Myers has created yet two more endearing characters in Powers and his nemisis,Dr.Evil.When certain characters inspire imitation (and who hasn't at least heard imitations of these two,or perhaps even Robert Wagner's character, Number 2 and others),then you have done something right.This movie is good for it's amusing characters and good story line,but again I think it would have worked without so much vulgar humor.Worth a look.