Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (New Line Platinum Series) |  | Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  485 reviews
Sales Rank: 9905
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: N4577
ISBN: 0780620410
UPC: 794043457722
EAN: 9786304696224
ASIN: 6304696221
Theatrical Release Date: May 2, 1997
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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| • | It's a smashing shagadelic party as Mike Myers (Wayne's World 1 & 2, So I Married an Axe Murderer) and Elizabeth Hurley (Dangerous Ground) star in a non-stop, hilarious comedy adventure.Frozen in the 60's, 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 outrage |
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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 shagadelic 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
Product Description
FROZEN IN THE 60'S, SECRET AGENT AUSTIN POWERS IS THAWED BACK INTO ACTION IN 1997 TO ONCE AGAIN BATTLE HIS ARCH-NEMESIS DR. EVIL. WITH HIS SEXY SIDEKICK MS. KENSINGTON, POWERS MUST STOP DR. EVIL'S OUTRAGEOUS PLOT TO CONTROL THE WORLD. HOWEVER, THE TIME-WARPED SWINGER MUST GET HIP QUICK.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 485
 International man of shagging August 16, 2004
Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Mike Myers is rapidly becoming, if he isn't already, the heir apparent to Mel Brooks in the sense that he is a master of jokes based on bodily functions. AUSTIN POWERS--INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY has all the elements of scatalogical humor: urination, fornication, masturbation, penis enlargement (almost anything to do with the penis really), allotta fagina, femmebots with gun barrel breasts... jeez, he even has a long scene in a toilet booth (with a fun cameo by Tom Arnold). And like Brooks, Myers is a master of movie genre satire. If Brooks had taken on a 007 spoof, it would pretty close to this. And Brooks would play multiple roles as well.
Still, Myers is to be congratuated for his undoubted originality. His interpretation and reinterpretation of 60s and 70s pop culture, which he also demonstrated a mastery of in WAYNE'S WORLD, is his own. Part Bond movie, part Laugh-In, part sci-fi, all hilarious, AUSTIN POWERS is one of the best comedies to have emerged in the 90s.
Absolutely hilarious February 3, 2000
Michael J. Berquist (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Actors generally acknowledge that it is harder to play comedy than to play drama. The elements of drama are easy, but what makes comedy funny is hard to figure out. Based on the Austin Powers movies, Mike Meyers is a genius. The actor-writer has done a brilliant job spoofing the Bond films and leaving his audience in stitches. I'm a big fan of the Bond movies, so spotting the little bits from 007 films Meyers is spoofing is a real treat.People who love Bond won't be disappointed. Actually, it's hard to see how anyone will be disappointed by this laughfest.
WICKED AWESOME,BABY January 22, 2000
April (PA ,US!)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is very funny.I can't even put into words how funny it is! Mike Myers does a great job as Austin Powers and Dr.Evil.If you haven't seen this movie you should!Oh,and the great Seth Green plays Dr.Evil's son Scott!
An excellent movie, that's clear, fun and a bunch of laughs July 16, 1998
Andrew Schulte (New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is great! An excellent acheivement, It's hilarious, funny, and uses a lot of scenes that have set precedents in the world of comedy. I think this movie is just hilarious using a lot of play on words, and a lot of tiny but phony jokes tied in with hilarious props and phrases. The plot of the movie is interesting, and the characters are funny, and very real. The menu uses an interesting song function, as with alternate endings to the movie, an eye-catching chapter list, and a lot of fun stuff, including a commentary with mike myers and the director. My favorite scene is the group therapy, Dr. Evil (played by mike Myers) tells of his life. I laugh thinking about it everyday. I own a lot of DVD movies, and I think this is the funniest, and best one I own. "Yeah, Baby!" END
Simply Shagalicious ! August 30, 2000
paperbackriter (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You gotta love this groovy spy spoof which has become so popular that catchphrases such as "Shagadelic" and "Yeah Baby, Yeah!" have become ingrained into everyday American culture. How many films can boast such a claim? Not many.Mike Myers is simply marvelous as both the cryogenically frozen Austin Powers and his arch nemesis Dr. Evil. Mr. Powers and the evil Doctor are a pair '60's relics who are thawed out just in time to catch the end of the 20th century. The results are hysterical as both prove to be clueless dinosaurs very much out of place in modern society. You won't stop laughing as Austin --the inept spy with rotten teeth-- aims to thwart Dr.Evil's plan of world domination. Don't be surprised if you end up rewinding certain segments over and over in order to memorize the catchy dialogue. (How many of you can recite Dr. Evil's "the details of my life are inconsequential" monologue?) The brillance of "Austin Powers" lies in its reverential spoofing of iconic 60's films such as "Our Man Flint", "A Hard Days Night" and especially the early James Bond films. For instance, Dr. Evil is a hybrid of Dr. No's title character and the notorious Blofeld from "You Only Live Twice". Of course the alluring Alotta Fagina and the imposing Random Task are respectively cut from the cloth of "Goldfinger's" Pussy Galore and OddJob. Myers' awe of such films is made obvious through the painstaking detail which so splendidly recreates the Swingin' Sixties. Such detail--the clothes, the dialogue and of course the groovy music-- is what makes "Austin Powers" such a hoot. Oh yeah, the DVD's loaded with lots of deleted scenes and an interesting audio commentary courtesy of Myers and director Jay Roach. Don't miss it !
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