Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers:

Mike Myers, Michael McCullers

Stars:

Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mike Myers	...	Austin Powers / Dr. Evil / Fat Bastard
Heather Graham	...	Felicity Shagwell
Michael York	...	Basil Exposition
Robert Wagner	...	Number Two
Rob Lowe	...	Young Number Two
Seth Green	...	Scott Evil
Mindy Sterling	...	Frau Farbissina
Verne Troyer	...	Mini-Me (as Verne J. Troyer)
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Vanessa Kensington
Gia Carides	...	Robin Swallows
Oliver Muirhead	...	British Colonel
George Cheung	...	Chinese Teacher (as George Kee Cheung)
Jeffrey Meng	...	Chinese Student
Muse Watson	...	Klansman
Scott Cooper	...	Klansman's Son - Bobby

Storyline

Dr. Evil uses a device he calls a "Time Machine" to travel back to 1969 and remove Austin Powers' mojo. The sexually wounded swinger must travel back in time and, with the help of agent Felicity Shagwell, recover his vitality. Meanwhile, Dr. Evil's personal life runs amok as he discovers love, continues to shun his son and develops a close relationship with himself. Well, actually, a clone 1/8 his size whom he dubs "Mini-Me". The always time-baffled Dr. Evil begins his plan to put a gigantic cannon on the moon, thus turning it into a device called either "The Death Star" or "Alan Parson's Project," depending on which name is available.

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Plot Keywords:

penis joke | spy | sexy agent | sexual joke | parody | 

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Taglines:

First, he fought for the Crown. Now he's fighting for the Family Jewels.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and crude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Heather Graham was asked to audition for the role, at Mike Myers' request, she was saved from a porn career. Before she was called by her agent, she was seriously considering accepting a major part in a softcore lesbian movie after not having any meaningful film roles in close to a year and a half. The first thing she did after getting paid for this movie was buy a copy of the porno in which she would have appeared.

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Goofs

Mini Me is described as being 1/8th Dr. Evil's size, but taking Dr. Evil's height (67 inches) and dividing by 8 would make Mini Me 8.38 inches tall. On the other side, taking Mini Me's actual height (32 inches) and multiply by 8 would mean Dr. Evil would have to be 21.33 feet tall.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: [text is rendered in the manner of a "Star Wars" opening crawl] Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, was frozen in 1967 and defrosted in the Nineties to battle his nemesis, Dr. Evil. After foiling his archenemy's plan to send a nuclear warhead to the center of the earth, Austin banished Dr. Evil to the cold recesses of space and settled down with his new wife, Vanessa, to live happily ever after. Or so he thought...

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Crazy Credits

The "Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa" credit (in the opening credits scene) appears AFTER her only scene in the film.

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Alternate Versions

In the German version Austin is dubbed by Rick Kavanian, the well-known comedian from the Bullyparade. Christian Tramitz, another member of the Bullyparade trio, has dubbed Mustafa.

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Connections

Features In Like Flint (1967)

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Soundtracks

Summer Samba
Written by Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle (as Paulo Sergio Valle)
English title by Norman Gimbel
Performed by Walter Wanderley (as Walter Wenderley)
Courtesy of Verve Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

User Reviews

Will Film Buffs Like This ? ...

... Yeah baby yeah

I didn't watch the original Austin Powers INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY down to the fact that there's been more than enough Bond spoofs made over the years like those movies in the 1980s that starred Roger Moore . What ? they were actually official Bond movies ! Oh dear , I honestly thought they were spoofs and how do you spoof a spoof ? CASINO ROYALE tried it and failed while those movies that featured THE MAN FROM UNCLE are so dated they're almost unwatchable and lets not forget those awful Matt Helm movies . Come to think of it a comedy like THE PARTY that pokes fun at 1960s youth counter culture also feel very dated a surrogate Bond figure transported from the 1960s doesn't hold much appeal to me baby

However I was very surprised as to how much I enjoyed THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME down to the fact it's far more sophisticated than I expected . There's umpteen references to other TV shows and movies that IMDb die hards can enjoy . There's an edition of THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW ( Complete with bouncers Todd and Steve ) which could have easily have been a proper edition than a send up , there's a set stolen from crap 60s series THE TIME TUNNEL , a scene stolen from THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU , a fight scene very reminiscent of the dog attack from THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY . I could go on listing all the movie and TV connections but I won't bother except to say that the plot of this movie is merged with the plots of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and MOONRAKER

The aforementioned elements will certainly appeal to the film buffs while the bad taste jokes will appeal to the teenage market . I wasn't all that taken with the character of Fat Bastard or the fart jokes or the scene with " This coffee tastes like sh*t " but it's refreshing to see a movie comedy that does try to mix post modernist sophistication with gross out humour , JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK probably tried this but totally failed . Also naming characters with double entrede names like Felicity Shagwell and Robin Spitz Swallows might be crass but film fans will remember the Bond movies also had similarly named characters like Miss Goodthighs ( " So I can see " ) and Plenty O Toole ( " Of course you do " ) so I guess this is also an amalgamation between schoolboy humour and sophistication

THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME is hardly Oscar material but is very entertaining

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

11 June 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Filming Locations:

Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$33,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,981,900, 13 June 1999

Gross USA:

$206,040,086

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$312,016,928

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Gratitude, Moving Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX SDDS DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1