Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers (WGA):

Mike Myers (written by) &
Michael McCullers (written by) ...

Release Date:

11 June 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Dr. Evil is back...and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 60's and steal Austin Powers's mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Time Machine | Son | Clone | Laser

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

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
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

Also Known As:

Austin Powers 2 (USA) (working title)
Austin Powers 2: It's Shagging Time (USA) (working title)
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (USA) (video title)
It's Shagging Time (USA) (working title)
The Return of Dr. Evil (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and crude humor.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | DTS-ES

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:(Banned) | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (NO. 36759) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

In the Seattle headquarters, there is a picture of a shark with a frickin' laser beam on its head. Look for it at the shot of Number 2 by the condiments table with the Starbucks employee to the left side of the screen.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Austin was originally frozen in 1967, yet his private jet is a Boeing 747. This type of plane wasn't even deemed airworthy until 1969.

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...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: But Not as Cute as Pushkin (#5.10)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

American Woman

It's shagadelic baby

This is one great movie. To me, to make a good comedy movie you need to make it very funny, and have a cast of lovable zany characters. If you have all that then you got a great comedic movie on your hands.

A main thing you need is slapstick humor. In a scene from the movie Austin and his trusty sidekick Felicity Shagwell are in a tent being watched by Dr. Evil's guards. Austen is down on his hands and knees doing exercises while Felicity is checking their inventory. Since there is a light in the tent it sends their shadows to the outside of the tent where it looks to Dr. Evil's guards that Felicity is reaching in and taking things out of Austin's derriere. The funniest part is when accidently sets of a smoke bomb (if you understand what they were trying to show). Meanwhile, any scene with Fat B@#$%&d is a laugh riot. Especially the scene where he explains that babies are the other other white meat.

Another good aspect to a great comedy is a cast of crazy characters. Mike Meyers is great as the swingin' Austin Powers, The maniacal Dr. Evil, and as Fat B@#$%&d the one metric ton Scotsman. Other great characters in the movie include the pint-sized maniacal Mini-Me Dr. Evil's 1/8 sized clone, and Scott Evil the punk son of Dr. Evil. They all are incredibly cartoonish players who are great when they interact with each other.

From this Frickin' rotating chair that I sit in I can definatly approve of this movie. They have fantastically funny jokes that leave you rolling in the aisles. Along with side-splitting off-the-wall characters. This movie has everything you could ever ask for. It's sp funny that you will want to see it as many times as you probobly saw Titanic.

by, A.J SRHigh