Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Mike Myers: Austin Powers / Dr. Evil
- Elizabeth Hurley: Vanessa Kensington
- Michael York: Basil Exposition
- Mimi Rogers: Mrs. Kensington
- Robert Wagner: Number Two
- Seth Green Scott Evil
- Fabiana Udenio: Alotta Fagina
- Mindy Sterling: Woman Farbissina
- Will Ferrell: Mustafa
- Christian Slater: guard
- Tom Arnold: toilet visits
The feature film Austin Powers - International Man has to offer Her Majesty the 1997 is a parody of James Bond. The screenplay was written by the Canadian comedian Mike Myers, who also took over two main roles. Directed by Jay Roach.
Action
London in the middle of the "Swinging Sixties". Secret Agent Austin Powers Danger has made it his mission to protect the world from his adversary Dr. Evil. As Dr. Evil feels harassed by Austin Powers, he flees with a rocket into orbit. Austin Powers can freeze and now waits in this state on his nemesis. Thirty years later, the time comes, Dr. Evil returns to the earth and Austin Powers is revived again by the secret service. However, Austin Powers now has to contend not only with Dr. Evil, but also with the changing society in the 90s.
Background
By his own admission, Mike Myers got the idea for the film, as he gave the oldie "The Look of Love" heard on the car radio on a lonely Canadian highway. The song was by Burt Bacharach for the film Casino Royale (USA 1967) written. Myers remembered how he had looked at as a child with his father, the wondrous spy films of the sixties on TV, and thought to himself: " In such a film, I want to be ." So it should come, including Burt Bacharach cameo and "The Look of Love" in his own score.
The first Austin Powers movie was in its release though a flop, was the video and TV marketing but still a hit. Through the successful following the first James Bond movies, playing with intelligence clichés, a vested within the meaning of the "Swinging Sixties" and quirky humor, the film gained cult status. He was followed by two successful sequels.
Reviews
" Witty parody of the flower-power generation and its opposite today zeitgeist that up to satirical tips will serve almost any humor from the corny jokes about macabre jokes. Thanks to the exuberant host of quotations omitted aufspielender actor and a largely carefree pleasure. "
"Seldom was more evident than in this movie, how much depends on a comedy from precise timing. The screenplay is full of oblique incursions, but the sloppy staging by director Jay Roach can implode at least half of all gags ineffective. And even the most dirty jokes that are likely to provide cackling in prudish America, found in this country only a tired echo in the gaping maw of the viewer. Anyway: Between all the Rohrkrepierern ¹ s are a few diaphragmatic attacks that are simply adorable. If Austin hypnotized for example, in Dr. Evil's doomsday laboratory guest star Christian Slater, that's really ... uh ... groovy! "
Awards
- MTV Movie Awards 1998 Best Villain: Mike Myers
- Best Dance Scene: Mike Myers ( "Some London Citizens" )
Other nominations: Best Picture, Best Performance ( Comedy )