Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Movie Review 1997

Hilarious spoof of '60s spy and babe movies. Groovy '60s spy Austin Powers (Myers) discovers that his arch-enemy, Dr. Evil (Myers again) has frozen himself in order to elude capture, so the swingin' dentally challenged Brit decides to do the same. They awaken 30 years later in the same state: woefully out of touch. Dr. Evil is attempting to blackmail the British government and deal with his Gen-X son, Scott Evil (Green), who wants more quality time and less world conquest. Austin, on the other hand, is trying to "shag" every "groovy bird" he sees. He is teamed with Vanessa (Hurley), the daughter of his former partner, and they try to stop the evil machinations of...well..Evil. A festival of crushed velvet, political incorrectness, and female robots with lethal breasts. Myers revels in playing the fool, and he may step over the line every once in a while, but he gets plenty of mileage out of the one-joke premise.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Time Warped, Femme Fatale, Genre Spoofs, Great Escapes, Foreign Intrigue, James Bond Spoofs, Satire & Parody, Spies & Espionage, Suspended Animation, Future Shock, Cats, Eyeballs!, Flatulence, London, Shutterbugs, Viva Las Vegas!

Screenplay

Mike Myers

Cast

Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Seth Green, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Fabiana Udenio, Paul Dillon, Charles Napier, Will Ferrell, Mindy Sterling

Cinematography

Peter Deming

Director

Jay Roach

Music

George S. Clinton

Other

Tom Arnold, Carrie Fisher

Producer

Suzanne Todd, Demi Moore, Jennifer Todd, Eric McLeod, Claire Rudnick Polstein, Moving Pictures Company Ltd., Eric's Boy, New Line Cinema

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1998: Villain (Myers), Dance Seq. (Mike Myers/Londoners).