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 & 29 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 | phallic image | sexy agent | volcano hideout | 

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Taglines:

Double-O Behave!

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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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

11 June 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Austin Powers 2

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$33,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$54,917,604, 13 June 1999, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$206,040,086

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$312,016,858

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Eric's Boy, Moving Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX SDDS DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

ACTOR TRADEMARK (Mike Myers): (playing multiple roles): Myers played Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard.

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Goofs

When Austin travels in to the past the first time and crashes the car onto the dance floor there are fluorescent tire tracks on the floor indicating to the dancers where the car is going to be.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: 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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Connections

Referenced in Stargate SG-1: Orpheus (2003)

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Soundtracks

Whip It
Written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale (as Gerald Casale)

User Reviews

Funny But Nasty 'R-Rated' Look At The Stupid '60s

I get a perverse kick out of the other deliberately-stupid humor of these "Austin Powers" movies. They are extremely bright and colorful - photography- wise, but full of dark comedy moments as well as light-hearted slapstick. Best of all, they poke fun at the ludicrous 1960s lifestyle, particularly in England. Many people may think they glorifying the hedonism of the period, and maybe that's the case, but find it more of a satire and see it that way.

What I don't like, however, is the rating of this film and the others as PG-13. How typical of sick Hollywood, pandering these and the other Powers movies to the teen crowd. They are filled with nothing but sex, sex, and more sex. Even the term "shag," is British for "f--k." I mean, they don't even try to be subtle anymore. Rate it R, stick to it, and let the adults have fun with all the innuendos, puns, cleavage, penis jokes, and general pagan lifestyles of the 1960s.

Mike Myers does a good job playing several over-the-top roles. Sometimes he's better off saying nothing, just opening up his mouth with that stupid grin and horrible teeth. That usually gets a laugh. The other two Powers were better because this was too mean-edged and too profane.

I would imagine that Myers and the Austin Powers films in general were either loved or hated by whomever is viewing it. I get a lot of humor out of these because I don't take them seriously and look at it more as making fun of the moronic attitudes of the late '60s more than anything else. Great fun....for adults.