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The Avengers (1998) -- Two British agents (John Steed and Emma Peel) team up to stop Sir August De Wynter from destroying the world with a weather changing machine.
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Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Sydney Newman (television series The Avengers)
Don MacPherson (written by)
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Release Date:
14 August 1998 (USA) more
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Mrs. Peel, we're needed. more
Plot:
Two British agents (John Steed and Emma Peel) team up to stop Sir August De Wynter from destroying the world with a weather changing machine. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ralph Fiennes ... John Steed

Uma Thurman ... Emma Peel

Sean Connery ... Sir August de Wynter
Patrick Macnee ... Invisible Jones (voice)

Jim Broadbent ... Mother
Fiona Shaw ... Father

Eddie Izzard ... Bailey
Eileen Atkins ... Alice
John Wood ... Trubshaw
Carmen Ejogo ... Brenda

Keeley Hawes ... Tamara
Shaun Ryder ... Donavan
Nicholas Woodeson ... Dr. Darling
Michael Godley ... Butler
Richard Lumsden ... Boodle's Porter
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Runtime:
87 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Aspects of the film (including some dialogue) hail directly from the original 1960s series. These include the MC Escher elements of Hallucinogen Hall, the weather-obsessed diabolical mastermind, the tea-whilst-travelling sequence and the 'light' swordfight repartee; whilst The Ministry's training village was lifted from "The New Avengers" (1976). more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the scene in the boardroom with the teddy bears, De Wynter says that anyone who wishes to leave can do so, and a payment of one million dollars will await them. However, he clearly mouths the word "pounds" instead of "dollars." more
Quotes:
John Steed: After all, according to your file, you're a psychopathic personality with schizophrenic delusions, suffering from recurring amnesia based on traumatic repression leading to outbursts of antisocial and violent behavior. Knight to king seven. Check.
Emma Peel: Is that really what you think of me?
John Steed: Well... just my type, Mrs. Peel.
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RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD more

FAQ

Was this film meant to be satiric in some way? Or was it just a bad film?
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41 out of 56 people found the following comment useful.
Please!, 23 December 2004
1/10
Author: maltcavet from Canada

I love the Avengers. Emma Peel was a hero of my childhood. I was ridiculously excited for the arrival of this film and had nauseated all my friends when the project was first announced about who was to be our two spies. I was thrilled with the selection of Fiennes -- but Thurman? I was hesitant. Then Diana Rigg passed on being in the film. Another bad sign. Then, the television trailers, yet a third omen but I told myself the movie could not possibly be that bad. IT was worse than my wildest nightmares -- and I have an excellent imagination. Thurman was as bad as I thought, Fiennes had nothing to play to. Macnee, oh, how it could have improved if we'd seen him. I think this movie is terrible because they didn't get the joke. The Avengers is cheeky, campy, fun, and never without some form of the double entendre somewhere. Apparently, the script writes never actually saw the series and didn't get the joke. I beg, some British filmmaker somewhere give it a chance. Make your own version. Give some dignity back.

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