Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [Region 2]
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In Theaters : 02 May, 1997 |
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [Region 2] description
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 internat ... review details
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This is the first of 3 Austin Powers movies, and its the best, although Goldmember pushes it close. Its really a parody of a parody, since its so far removed from the 60's James Bond films, that it could be a spoof of the spoof 'Our Man Flint' with James Coburn. However its better done than that 60's film and crucially its funnier!
The opening section where Austin Powers is thawed out was clearly inspired by Woody Allen's 1973 film 'Sleeper' - a slapstick comedy where he is woken 200 years in the future. The slow returning mental facalties and an inability to talk or walk properly are used in the same way to very funny effect. The casting of this film is great. Has Elizabeth Hurley ever looked better than she does in this film - I don't think so. Michael York and Robert Wagner are both excellent in there roles. However its Mike Myers film, and its his comic performance that makes the film work. If anything Dr Evil is a better comic creation than Austin Powers himself, he just doesn't get as much screentime. Here is where the film does directly spoof the James Bond films, and it works well.
Curiously my favourite moment doesn't have much to do with comedy. Its when Austin Powers is on top of the double decker bus and introduces Burt Bacharach. A great moment to spotlight one of the greatest modern songwriters who had been out of the limelight for while. This film put him back in the public eye again. Well done to Mike Myers.
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