Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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| Director(s) | Jay Roach |
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| Subtitle | International Man of Mystery |
| Distributor | New Line Home Entertainment |
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| If you don’t think Austin Powers is one of the funniest movies of the 1990s, maybe you should be packed into a cryogenic time-chamber and sent back to the decade whence you came. Perhaps it was the 1960s—the shag-a-delic decade when London hipster Austin Powers scored with gorgeous chicks as a fashion photographer by day, crime-fighting international man of mystery by night. Yeah, baby, yeah! But when Powers’s arch nemesis, Dr. Evil, puts himself into a deep-freeze and travels via time-machine to the late 1990s, Powers must follow him and foil Evil’s… | |
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Amazon.com
If you don’t think Austin Powers is one of the funniest movies of the 1990s, maybe you should be packed into a cryogenic time-chamber and sent back to the decade whence you came. Perhaps it was the 1960s—the shag-a-delic decade when London hipster Austin Powers scored with gorgeous chicks as a fashion photographer by day, crime-fighting international man of mystery by night. Yeah, baby, yeah! But when Powers’s arch nemesis, Dr. Evil, puts himself into a deep-freeze and travels via time-machine to the late 1990s, Powers must follow him and foil Evil’s nefarious scheme of global domination. Mike Myers plays dual roles as Powers and Dr. Evil, with Elizabeth Hurley as his present-day sidekick and karate- kicking paramour. A hilarious spoof of ‘60s spy movies, this colorful comedy actually gets funnier with successive viewings, making it a perfect home video for gloomy days and randy nights. Oh, behave! —Jeff Shannon
Barnes and Noble
With its candy-colored sets and cheesy psychedelic effects, the runaway hit AUSTIN POWERS is a hilarious spoof of ‘60s pop culture—assorted James Bond films and Beatles movies (A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, HELP) are just a few of its targets. Star and writer Mike Meyers (WAYNE’S WORLD) has a blast playing the title character, a horny dork in Carnaby Street ruffles who doubles as a fashion photographer and secret agent, as well as Austin Powers’s archenemy, Dr. Evil—and his joy is infectious. After three decades in a cryogenic deep freeze, Powers time travels from 1967 Swinging London, where he’s a reigning sex god, into the present to find that free love is a thing of the past. In the unforgiving 1990s it’s a lot harder for a guy with bad teeth to “shag” gorgeous “birds” like Elizabeth Hurley while saving the world from a diabolical nuclear plot. But things change for bad guys too—even Dr. Evil has to take time out from destroying the world in order to attend family counseling with his whiny son, Scott Evil. And while that’s enough to make anyone nostalgic for the ‘60s, AUSTIN POWERS remains one of the brightest moments in ‘90s comedy. Kryssa Schemmerling
