Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery(1997)
New Line Cinema May 2, 1997 | Wide
A world-class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after thirty years in a cryogenic state to battle with his nemesis Dr. Evil.
Releases
Original Release | May 2, 1997
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$9,548,111
$53,911,748
$13,800,000
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- Wed May 20
- Thu May 21
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Technical Specifications
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,SDDS
Other Details
Country of Origin: Germany,United States
Language: English
Summaries
Plot Summary
- In 1967, somewhere outside Las Vegas, Dr Evil has his underground lair. Dr Evil had assembled the world's top assassins to kill Austin Powers, but they all failed. Dr Evil eliminates all of them except Mustafa (Will Ferrell) and Frau Farbissina.British spy Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is a style icon of the 1960's, but with really bad teeth. Austin is popular with the ladies who go mad with his charm. Mrs. Kensington is Austin's sidekick. Basil Exposition (Michael York) is Austin's colleague at the agency who helps him with intelligence and planning his missions. Basil informs Austin that Dr. Evil plans to be at his nightclub that night.Austin attempts to assassinate his nemesis, Dr. Evil (Mike Myers), in his own nightclub (the Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club). Dr. Evil (and his car Mr. Bigglesworth) escapes by launching himself in a space rocket disguised as a Bob's Big Boy statue, and Cryogenically freezing himself until the time when free love no longer reigned and greed and corruption ruled again. Powers volunteers to be put into Cryostasis to be revived when Dr. Evil returns.Thirty years later, in 1997, Dr. Evil returns with new plans for world domination, discovering his henchman Number 2 (No. 2) (Robert Wagner) has transformed Evil's empire into Virtucon, a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Virutcon moved from chemicals into Telecommunications and now owns cable networks in 38 states, and a steel mill in Cleveland. They also own shipping, oil refineries, all over the country. Dr Evil eliminates Mustafa as it was due to his mistake that Mr Bigglesworth lost all his hair during the unfreezing process. Paddy O'Brien (Paul Dillon) and Random Task are Dr. Evil's new henchmen.Commander Gilmore (Charles Napier), head of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), learns from tracking satellites that the Big Boy statue in space has returned to Earth and knows Dr Evil is back. Gilmore travels to London to activate Austin Powers. Having learned of Dr. Evil's return, the British Ministry of Defense unfreezes Powers. Austin is shocked to find that the cold war is over and now the West is working with Russia, represented by General Borschevsky (Elya Baskin).Though already wealthy, Dr. Evil proposes several plans to threaten the world for more money but finds each of them have happened naturally during his absence. Stuff like threatening the Royal Family of Britain to expose the affair of Prince Charles or punching a hole in the Ozone layer using lasers and increasing skin cancer rates over the world unless the world pays him a hefty ransom. He ultimately falls back on his usual plan to steal nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage for $1 million. He increases his demand to $100 billion when he learns that the value of the dollar has fallen due to inflation and even Virtucon makes over $9 Billion every year.Later, he also discovers that henchman Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling) has used a sample of Evil's semen to artificially create his son, Scott Evil (Seth Green), now a Generation Y teenager. Scott resents his father's absence and resists his attempts to get closer to him, despite Dr. Evil's attempts to get closer to him through therapy.Austin is acclimatized to the year 1997 with the help of agent Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), the daughter of his sidekick in the 1960s, Mrs. Kensington (Mimi Rogers). Vanessa asks Austin not to call her "Baby". Powers quickly finds his free love credo of the 1960s to be out of touch with the 1990s and is unable to turn Vanessa onto his charms. Vanessa is disgusted by Austin's overt attempts to get her into bed and declares that she will never have sex with him. Vanessa is super organized and disciplined, much unlike Austin. Later, the two pose as a married couple in a Las Vegas hotel. Vanessa says that a lot of Virtucon executives are staying there and Virtucon is suspected to be connected to Dr. Evil. Austin meets No. 2's Italian secretary, Alotta Fagina (Fabiana Udenio). Paddy attempts to kill Austin the hotel's bathroom, but he captures Paddy and interrogates him to learn who Number 2 works for.Vanessa calls her mother in London, who tells her that Austin is a very caring man, and in the 1960s every man wanted to be him, and every woman wanted to be with him. That night Austin takes Vanessa out on a date, and she finally gets to see the fun side of him. Austin refuses to have sex with Vanessa as she was very drunk.Powers later breaks into her penthouse suite for reconnaissance and fornicates with Alotta. He discovers plans for Dr. Evil's "Project Vulcan", which aims to drill a nuclear warhead into the Earth's molten core and trigger volcanic eruptions worldwide. Vanessa finds Austin's real identity through his ID card, which she finds after he removes his clothes. Dr. Evil, learning that Powers is back and, on his trail, creates a series of seductive identical female robots (called Fem-bots) that will lure Powers with their charm before killing him. Austin apologizes to Vanessa for the affair with Alotta and vows to only be with her.Later the couple infiltrates Dr. Evil's headquarters but are captured by his henchman, Random Task. After Dr. Evil makes his demands to the world, he reveals that even after receiving the money he will still proceed with Project Vulcan. He then places Powers and Vanessa in a death trap that they easily escape from. Powers instructs her to get help, while he eludes and destroys the Fem-Bots by performing a striptease which arouses them so much, their heads explode.Meanwhile, Vanessa returns with British forces. Powers finds the doomsday device and deactivates it at the last moment. He later finds Dr. Evil in the main chamber along with Alotta Fagina who is holding Vanessa hostage, but Number 2 appears, betrays Dr. Evil, and offers to make a deal with Powers. Dr. Evil apparently kills Number 2 and makes his escape back to his rocket, setting off the base's self-destruct system. Vanessa knocks Alotta unconscious and escapes with Powers as the lair explodes.Powers and Vanessa are later married, but during their honeymoon they are attacked by Random Task. Powers subdues the assassin, and the couple adjourns to their balcony to have wild sex. Noticing a rather bright star, Powers pulls out a telescope to discover that it is in fact Dr. Evil's cryogenic chamber in which he vows revenge.
Storyline
- Austin Powers is a 60's spy who is cryogenically frozen and released in the 1990's. The world is a very different place for Powers. Unfortunately for Austin, everyone is no longer sex-mad. Although he may be in a different decade, his mission is still the same. He has teamed up with Vanessa Kensington to stop the evil Dr. Evil, who was also frozen in the past. Dr. Evil stole a nuclear weapon and is demanding a payment of (when he realizes its the 90's) 100 billion dollars. Can Austin Powers stop this madman or will he catch up with Evil's baddies, with names like Alotta Fagina and Random Task? Only time will tell. — simon A 1960's British hipster secret agent Austin Powers is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest arch-enemy Dr. Evil into the 1990s. 30 years later, Austin was then released and is now thawed back into action to once again battle Dr. Evil where he wakes up somewhere in Nevada and steals a nuclear weapon and holds the world hostage. After Austin is woken up to stop Dr. Evil he gets a new sexy sidekick Miss Vanessa Kensington, his ex-partner's daughter and they go to Vegas where they must stop Dr. Evil's outrageous plot to control the world for 100 billion dollars! — Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com} It's a smashing shagadelic party as Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley star in a non-stop, hilarious comedy adventure. Frozen in the '60s, secret agent Austin Powers (Myers) is thawed back into action to once again battle his archenemy Dr. Evil. With his sexy sidekick Ms. Kensington (Hurley), Austin must stop Dr. Evil's outrageous plot to control the world. But first, this time-warped swinger must get hip quick and discover that there's no free love in the '90s. An all-star supporting cast including Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mimi Rogers and Carrie Fisher make Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery a wacky, far-out trip you won't forget. — Anonymous Swinging London, 1967. Having thwarted an ambitious assassination plan by his arch-nemesis, Dr Evil, the British super-agent and fun-loving hedonist, Austin Powers, has himself cryogenically frozen, just in case the world ever required his services again. But three long decades later, pure evil threatens the world again, and now, the time is ripe to thaw Powers out. Feeling like a fish out of water, the bespectacled hero tries to find his feet in a strange new world and joins forces with his brilliant new sidekick, Vanessa Kensington. However, a lot has changed since the 1960s. Can Austin Powers, the international man of mystery, thwart despicable Dr Evil's efforts for world domination once again? — Nick Riganas 1 more See all
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