Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with Dr. Evil.

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers:

Mike Myers, Michael McCullers

Stars:

Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green

5 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mike Myers	...	Austin Powers / Dr. Evil / Goldmember / Fat Bastard
Beyoncé	...	Foxxy Cleopatra (as Beyoncé Knowles)
Seth Green	...	Scott Evil
Michael York	...	Basil Exposition
Robert Wagner	...	Number Two
Mindy Sterling	...	Frau Farbissina
Verne Troyer	...	Mini Me
Michael Caine	...	Nigel Powers
Fred Savage	...	Number Three
Diane Mizota	...	Fook Mi
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Fook Yu
Nobu Matsuhisa	...	Mr. Roboto
Aaron Himelstein	...	Young Austin
Josh Zuckerman	...	Young Evil
Eddie Adams	...	Young Basil

Storyline

He's found his mojo, baby, and now Austin Powers is back again in this shagadelic comedy-adventure! The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with the superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers, in a dastardly time-travel scheme to take over the world. Before you can say "Shake Your Booty," Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with sexy Foxxy Cleopatra to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem.

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Plot Keywords:

protagonist and antagonist played by same actor | spy spoof | time travel | medical examination | villain arrested | 

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Taglines:

What do you call a swinger old enough to be your father? Daddy!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo, crude humor and language

Details

Official Sites:

New Line Cinema [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese German French

Release Date:

26 July 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Austin Powers 3

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$63,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$73,071,188, 28 July 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$213,307,889

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$296,655,431

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Gratitude International, Team Todd

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX SDDS DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mike Myers and co-writer Michael McCullers began writing a first draft in March 2001.

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Goofs

Mr. Roboto's subtitle says "Please eat some shitake mushrooms." The joke is that only the first four letters of "shitake" are visible. However, the name of the mushroom is actually spelled "shiitake."

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Quotes

[first lines]
Famous Austin: Yeah, baby.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are initially for the movie-within-the-movie "Austinpussy" before going onto the real credits.

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Connections

References Smallville (2001)

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Soundtracks

Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem - Dr. Evil Mix)
Written by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and The 45 King (as Mark James)
Parody lyrics by Robin Ruzan and Cody Lutz
Performed by Mike Myers (as Dr. Evil) and Jay Z
Courtesy of Rock-A-Fella Records, L.L.C. and The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Dr. Evil vocal produced by John Houlihan
Contains sample of "It's a Hard Knock Life"
Performed by the Original Cast of ANNIE
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Flogging a dead horse

Goldmember is an outrageously average film, with poor jokes, poor writing and dreadful product placement. Lets face facts, the Austin Powers movies have been average, they ain't no laugh riot. The great thing about the Spy Who Shagged Me was of course, the introduction of Mini-Me. So what could be funnier, than to have this character be hit, fall over and generally be funny to look at. Beyonce Knowles suffers from a dreadful script in which she utters 'sugar' at every given opportunity to prove that she is from the '70s. Goldmember and Fat Bastard are dreadful characters, and the scenes with the 'mole' are extremely painful to watch. As for Dr. Evil and Powers, same old jokes apply of course. Just seems to me the Mike Myers has run out of ideas, and by adding a new character for him to play as the cameos do not hide that this a poor film. Austin Powers fans will love it i'm sure, but this is franchise too many. I'll be interested where Myers goes after this.