Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers (WGA):

Mike Myers (characters)
Mike Myers (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:

Toilet Scene | U Boat | 1990s | Beautiful Woman | Son

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
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Vanessa Kensington
Gia Carides	...	Robin Spitz Swallows
Oliver Muirhead	...	British Colonel
George Cheung	...	Chinese Teacher (as George Kee Cheung)
Jeffrey Meng	...	Wang
Muse Watson	...	The Klansman
Scott Cooper	...	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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Portugal:M/12 | 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 (certificate #36759) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Eric's Boy

Trivia:

When Austin and Felicity are driving through the English countryside, Austin remarks on how the English countryside looks nothing like southern California. The entire movie was, of course, filmed in southern California. This scene was a spur of the moment thing, not planned dialogue. This is evidenced by Felicity saying "What?" when Austin asks her the question.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mini Me writes Scott a "good-bye" note, he pulls out only one marker to write it. However, when the camera shows a close up of the note, it is written in two different colors.

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:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Soundtrack:

AM I SEXY?

mostly good, but one scene was unnecessary

"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" was mostly really funny - with Austin continuing his face-off with Dr. Evil - but the stool sample scene was unnecessary. Still, the rest of the movie was a hoot, especially all the slang names for the spaceship. Some of the things in these movies, I wonder how they're able to come up with, especially some of Mini-Me's gags. All in all, it's a movie that you're sure to love, particularly with the Jerry Springer scene and all the associations with world events.

Fat Bastard. What a name! And of course, the character in the next movie had an even wackier name.