Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Send-up of 1960s spy films and culture, the first of several featuring the eponymous, cryogenically preserved secret agent revived in the 1990s. Teaming up with Vanessa Kensington to stop his old adversary Dr Evil (also defrosted) from world domination, Powers is disappointed to find that his vocabulary, fashion sense and attitude to women are hopelessly out of date., Hilariously spoofing James Bond thrillers, their imitators and the swingin’ ’60s, this comedy chronicles the groovy adventures of Austin Powers, 1967’s coolest superspy, who has just been thawed out from a 30 year cryogenic sleep, as he tries to adjust to conservative ’90s and save the world from Dr. Evil., A 1960’s hipster secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy into the 1990’s where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place., Mike Myers plays the eponymous Austin Powers, Britain’s number one secret agent who thinks he’s God’s gift to women! Volunteering for suspended animation so that he will be around should the world ever need his services in the future, Austin is defrosted in the 1990s, to find his old adversary, Dr Evil has returned to terrorise the planet. The world has changed considerably since the 1960s and Powers soon realises that his vocabulary, his fashion sense and his approach to sexual matters have all dated beyond belief! However, this does nothing to stop him from setting out to defeat Dr Evil once and for all, with the help of his feisty – and very ’90s – companion, Miss Kensington. Take a trip back to Swinging ’60s London as Mike Myers stars in a hilarious send-up of British adventure movies and TV shows. ., A jive-talkin’, lady-lovin’ spy (Mike Myers) from the groovy 1960s is awakened from a cryogenic sleep in 1997 to help the British government find the recently thawed Dr. Evil (also Myers). With a gorgeous new partner (Elizabeth Hurley) in tow, he embarks on a quest to conquer Evil while trying to adjust to life in the ’90s. Elizabeth Hurley, Seth Green, Carrie Fisher, Robert Wagner., Comedy thriller spoof of 60s spy films, in which cryogenically preserved secret agent Austin Powers is revived in the present day. Once synonymous with style, Powers soon realises that his vocabulary, fashion sense and attitude to women are hopelessly out of date. He enlists the help of a decidedly modern Ms to help him adjust to the 90s and vanquish his old adversary, Dr Evil., Jay Roach’s spy movie spoof that launched a thousand bar and club phrases stars Mike Myers as the eponymous hero, back after three decades cryogenically frozen, whose lack of dress sense, sexual politics and grasp of technology still won’t stop him saving the world from Dr Evil (Myers again). With Liz Hurley, Robert Wagner and Michael York all mugging it up, a sheer shagfest of fun., Mike Myers stars as Austin Powers, by day a hipster fashion photographer in mid-1960s swinging London and by night a crime-fighting secret agent. Austin’s wardrobe is most outrageous, his vocabulary is crowded by the cool slang of the day (Groovy, baby!), and he’s irresistible to women, despite the fact that he can be charitably described as “stocky” and has teeth that strike fear into any practicing dentist. When his nemesis, the arch-enemy Dr. Evil (also played by Myers), has himself cryogenically frozen and sent into space, Powers also has himself put on ice so he can be thawed out when Dr. Evil returns. In 1997, Dr. Evil returns to Earth and is back to his old tricks, so Austin is thawed out and returned to active service – though he soon discovers his style doesn’t play so well 30 years on!, Spoof with Mike Myers as superagent Austin Powers, who wakes up 30 years after being cryogenically frozen in 1967., Spoof with Mike Myers as super agent Austin Powers, who wakes up 30 years after being cryogenically frozen in 1967. Myers wrote the script and also plays Dr. Evil.