Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Directed by

Jay Roach

Genre

parody film, crime film, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 3,830 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British secret agent from the 1960s who was cryogenically frozen is thawed out in the 1990s. He must stop his nemesis from holding the world for ransom while he adjusts to modern life and teams up with a new partner.

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What happens

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (or simply Austin Powers) is a 1997 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers. It is the first installment in the Austin Powers film series and stars Myers as both the British spy Austin Powers and his nemesis Dr. Evil, alongside Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green and Mindy Sterling. The film is a parody of James Bond films and 1960s popular culture. The film follows Austin Powers, a flamboyant secret agent who is cryogenically frozen in the 1960s and revived in the 1990s to stop the criminal mastermind Dr. Evil, who has returned to carry out a scheme for global extortion. As Austin adjusts to modern society, he partners with Vanessa Kensington (Hurley) while attempting to thwart Dr. Evil's plans. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was released on May 2, 1997. It grossed roughly $67 million worldwide against a production budget of around $16–18 million. Although its initial box office performance was modest in some markets, it later developed a wider audience through home media and word of mouth. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was followed by two sequels, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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