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Overview
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Writer (WGA):
Mike Myers (written by)
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Release Date:
2 May 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
If he were any cooler, he'd still be frozen, baby! more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins
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5 nominations
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Back from the Dead: Movie Classics that Began as Box-Office Bombs
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Ron Livingston joins Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell & Zach Galifianakis in Dinner for Schmucks
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Ron Livingston joins Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell & Zach Galifianakis in Dinner for Schmucks
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User Comments:
Dirty, funny spoof if you're in the mood
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Also Known As:
Austin Powers (USA) (working title)
Austin Powers - Das Schärfste, was Ihre Majestät zu bieten hat (Germany)
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Austin Powers - Das Schärfste, was Ihre Majestät zu bieten hat (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for nudity, sex-related dialogue and humor.
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Runtime:
94 min | Turkey:68 min (TV version)
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2.00 : 1 more
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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)
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Trivia:
In the hot tub scene with Alotta Fagina, she offers him sake and tells him, "In Japan, men come first and women come second." This is a reference to You Only Live Twice (1967), where James Bond is in a hot tub with several Japanese women, and his friend Tiger Tanaka tells him the same thing.
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Goofs:
Continuity: During his seduction dance scene of the Fembots, Austin throws cigarettes in each of the Fembots' mouths and keeps one for himself. After several moves, all the cigarettes disappear.
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Quotes:
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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!
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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!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in By the Seat of the Pants (1998)
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Soundtrack:
You Showed Me
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In the 1960's Austin Powers is one of the UK's best secret agents. He works as an international playboy who also fights international terrorists. However when Dr Evil tries fails to kill him, Dr Evil escapes into space where he is frozen until a time when he can return. Austin Powers also freezes himself to be defrosted later. In the late 90's Dr Evil returns to wreck havoc on the world and only a defrosted Powers can stop him if he can adapt to the new world order. Mike Myers is very much an acquired taste but he did seem to hit it big with this series of films. The original film set the tone with not very basic jokes but certainly plenty of crude ones. The main film is split between a fish out of water film, with Austin trying to come to terms with the 90's, and also a James Bond spoof with Dr Evil as a more frustrated Bond baddie (complete with cat and bald head). The fish out of water stuff works well as Austin is a funny swinger and the 60's stuff is cool, however the best bits for me all relate to Dr Evil whether it be his relationship with his son or the asides where the see the consequences of the death of his henchmen. The spoof on Bond movies gets the best laughs from me. Myers is good in both roles and clearly has fun with both. Hurley is OK but a bit wooden as Vanessa while Robert Wagner is good as number one. Michael York (whoooooo?) is good as control and there are some good cameos Rob Lowe is funny but I still don't understand why the whole Christian Slater bit was put in the final cut?! Overall it may be rude and slightly crude in places but there's still plenty to enjoy. It's 90 minutes long but it's very funny and rushes by. You may not remember much of the plot but at least you go away chuckling.