USA, 1998
92m
Super 35mm (anamorphic), colour, 2.35:1
Dolby Digital/Dolby EX 6.1/DTS/SDDS, English
An American comedy science fiction film directed by Jay Roach.
Plot Summary
Dr Evil travels back in time to steal Austin Powers' mojo. Powers himself must travel back to the 1960s where he teams up with CIA agent Felicity Shagwell to thwart the mad doctor's insane plans for global domination.
Credits
Crew
Director: Jay Roach
Eric's Boy, Moving Pictures, Team Todd
Executive Producer: Michael De Luca, Donna Langley, Erwin Stoff
Producers: John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, Mike Myers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Associate Producer: Emma Chasin
Script: Michael McCullers, Mike Myers
Characters: Mike Myers
Director of Photography: Ueli Steiger
Editors: Debra Neil-Fisher, Jon Poll
Music: George S. Clinton
Costume Designer: Deena Appel
Special Effects: Digiscope/Pacific Vision Productions / Stan Winston Studio
Production Designer: Rusty Smith
Cast
Mike Myers (Austin Danger Powers/Dr Evil/Fat Bastard)
Mike Myers (Austin Danger 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 (Mrs Vanessa Kensington Powers)
Gia Carides (Robin Spitz Swallows)
Oliver Muirhead (British Colonel)
George Kee Cheung (Chinese teacher)
Jeffrey Meng (Chinese student)
Muse Watson (Klansman)
Scott Cooper (Bobby)
Douglas Fisher (man (pecker))
Kevin Cooney (NORAD colonel)
Clint Howard (Johnson)
Brian Hooks (pilot)
David Koechner (co-pilot)
Alternative Titles
008 la spia che mi ha sedotto – Italian promotional title
Austin Powers la spia che ci provava – Italian title
Austin Powers – Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung – German title
Austin Powers 2 – working title
Austin Powers 2: It's Shagging Time – working title
It's Shagging Time – working title
The Return of Dr Evil – working title
Links
Sequel to
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Sequel
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Extracts included in
Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut… (2002)
References
Periodicals
Dreamwatch no.50 p.9 – review
DVD Review no.9 (2000) pp.38-39 – illustrated DVD review (by James Beech)
Empire August 1999 p.22 – review (by Ian Nathan)
Entertainment Weekly 22 January 1999 no.468-469 p.28 – article (by Steve Daly)
Entertainment Weekly 11 June 1999 no.489 pp.16-23 – interview (Groovin' on up by David Hochman)
Entertainment Weekly 18 June 1999 no.490 pp.51-52 – review (Wood vs Evil by Owen Gleiberman)
Entertainment Weekly 19 November 1999 no.513 pp.153-154 – review (‘Austin' Taxes by Ty Burr)
Variety vol.375 no.5 p.32 – review (Myers' mod menace – episode 2 by Dennis Harvey)
Newspapers
A Capital, Viver 9 October 1999 – review (by Rui Brazuna)
Göteborgs-Posten 29 October 1999 p.55 – review (Cocktail med få skratt by Kristina Torell)
La Repubblica 26 September 1999 – review (by Roberto Nepoti)
Svenska Dagbladet 29 October 1999 – review (Förtexterna bästa delen by Jeanette Gentele)
