Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [1997]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 90 mins [USA]     94 mins [UK]      96 mins [Australia]
Format: colour     Super 35mm [anamorphic]
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital     SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Capella International / KC Medien / Moving Pictures / Eric's Boy Productions / Juno Pix
Executive In Charge Of Production: Carla Fry
Production Executive: Robert John Degus
Executive Producers: Eric McLeod, Claire Rudnick-Polstein
Producers: Suzanne Todd, Demi Moore, Jennifer Todd, Mike Myers
Executive in Charge of Producer: Carla Fry
Production Executive: Robert J. Degus
Creative Executive: Donna Langley
Production Associate: Marco Schnabel
1st Unit Supervisor: Danny Cangemi
Production Co-Ordinator: Joan Bierman
Production Co-Ordinator [Las Vegas]: Teresa Meyer
Assistant Production Coordinator: Vicki Thornton
In-House Production Coordinator: Emily Glatter

SCRIPT
Script: Mike Myers

DIRECTION
Director: Jay Roach

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Deming
Additional Photographer: Wally Pfister
Camera Operator: Paul Hughen
1st Assistant Camera: Scott Ressler
Additional 1st Assistant Camera: Andrea Chesney
2nd Assistant Camera: Renee Treyball
Additional Camera Operator: Scott Browner
Chief Lighting Technician: Michael Laviolette
Lamp Operators: Scott Baker, Mark Sadler, Eric Sandlin
Camera Loader: Lisa Ferguson
Additional Loader: Rich Stewart
Best Boy Electric: Greg Jensen
Best Boy Grip: Steven Pehl
Rigging Best Boy: Bill Green
Rigging Gaffer: Steven Hughes
Rigging Grip: David Neal Stewart [uncredited]
Camera Dollies: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment; J.L. Fischer
Camera Equipment: Panavision
Colour Timer: Dan Muscarella
Key Grip: Michael Pizzuto
Dolly Grip: Dennis Wilson
Grips: Carlos Depalma, Matt Barden, Paul Fischer, Rafael 'Chili' Peregrina
Key Rigging Grip: Jerry Day
Video Assist Operator: David Deever
Video Playback Operator: Robert Sharman [uncredited]
Laboratories: CFI, Hollywood, California, USA [dailies]; DeLuxe, Toronto, Canada [prints]
Lighting and Grip Equipment: Paskal Lighting
Prints: Deluxe Toronto
Stills: Kimberly Wright
Colour: CFI

EDITING
Executive In Charge Of Post-Production: Joe Fineman
Post-Production Supervisor: Diana Kaufman
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
Co-Editor: Dawn Hoggatt
1st Assistant Editor: Steven Schoenberg
2nd Assistant Editors: David S. Clark, Gary Simon
Assistant Editor [AVID]: Patrick J. Don Vito
Negative Cutting: RD Negative Cutting Inc
Post-Production Assistant: Brandon Smith

MUSIC
Executive In Charge Of Music: Toby Emmerich
Music Executives: Dana Sano, Paul Broucek
Music Co-Ordinator [New Line]: Mark Kaufman
Music Co-Ordinator: Micki Stern
Music Supervisor: John Houlihan
Music: George S. Clinton
Music Orchestrators: George S. Clinton, Rick Giovinazzo, Suzie Katayama
Choreographer: Marguerite Derricks
Music Consultant: Chris Douridas
Music Legal: Lori Silfen
Music Preparation: Suzie Katayama Music Services
Music Recorded At: O'Henry Sound Studios; Warner Brothers Scoring Stage
Orchestra Contracted By: The Music Team
Orchestra Contractors: Debbi Datz-Pyle, Patti Zimmitti
Songs: Quincey Jones [Soul Bossa Nova]; John Carter, Tim Gilbert [Incense and Peppermints]; Matthew Sweet, Mike Myers, Susanna Hoffs, Christopher Ward, Stuart Johnson [Psychedelic Scene Breaks]; Darien Shanaja [Austin Powers]; Tony Hatch [Call Me]; Mike Myers [Dr Evil's Dance]; Jorge Ben [Mas Que Nada]; Johann Strauß [The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes]; Burt Bacharach, Hal David [What the World Needs Now Is Love; The Look of Love]; Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark [You Showed Me]; Lee Hazlewood [These Boots Are Made for Walkin']; Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee [I Touch Myself]; P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri [Secret Agent Man]; Peter Svensson, Magnus Sveningsson, Nina Persson [Carnival]; Edwyn Collins [The Magic Piper (of Love)]; Toby Orme, Anthony Miller, Gem Hufflemann [These Days]; Mike Myers, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Stuart Johnson, Christopher Ward [BBC]; Thomas Scott, James Edwards, Francis Griffiths, Andrew Parle [Female of the Species (Fembot Mix)]
Songs Performed By: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra [Soul Bossa Nova]; Strawberry Alarm Clock [Incense and Peppermints]; Ming Tea [Psychedelic Scene Breaks]; Wondermints [Austin Powers]; The Mike Flowers Pops [Call Me]; Mike Myers [Dr Evil's Dance]; Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 [Mas Que Nada]; The Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein conductor [The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes]; Burt Bacharach [What the World Needs Now Is Love]; The Posies [What the World Needs Now Is Love]; The Lightning Seeds [You Showed Me]; Susanna Hoffs [The Look of Love]; Nancy Sinatra [These Boots Are Made for Walkin']; The Divinyls [I Touch Myself]; Dr Evil [Meow Mix - What's Next?]; Johnny Rivers [Secret Agent Man]; The Cardigans [Carnival]; Edwyn Collins [The Magic Piper (of Love)]; Luxury [These Days]; Ming Tea [BBC]; Space [Female of the Species (Fembot Mix)]

SOUND
Digital Sound / Post Production Sound Services / Re-Recording Facilities / Sound Re-Recording: Digital Sound and Picture
Soundtrack Executive: Jon Mchugh

MAKE UP AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Costume Supervisors: Denise Martinez, Tangi Crawford
Costume Designer: Deena Appel
Assistant Costume Designer: Michelle Skoby
Costume Illustrator: Michele Michel
Seamstresses: Alexis Silver, Jo Torngren
Set Costumers: Ann Foley, Deborah Myles Davis
Tailor: Vernon Ollar
Wardrobe Production Assistant: Christine Cantella

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Pacific Vision Productions
Prosthetic Animals: Animal Makers
Titles and Opticals: Pacific Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Cynthia Charette
Buyer: Christine Staggs
Construction Driver: Tom Larkin
Decorator Gang Boss: Mark Valdes
On-Set Dresser: Laura Maffeo
Paint Supervisor: Roderick Nunnally
Paint Runner: Joe Gayton
Plaster Supervisor: David G. Thomas Jr
Set Illustrator: Stephen Cruz

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Ronit Ravich-Boss
Production Controller: Paul Prokop
Clearance: Marina Mcleod
Contract Administrator: Dan Treinish
Craft Service: Tiffany Ann Battersby
Assistant Craft Service: Tillie Duran
Production Accountant: Bonnie Weis
1st Assistant Accountant: Kevin Harris
Post-Production Accountant: Robert Taleghany
Payroll Accountant: Judd Rea
Payroll Services: Media Services Inc
Animals Supplied By: Jungle Exotics
Assistant To Hurley: Marianne E. Titiriga
Assistant To Jennifer Todd: Matthew Oldham Smith
Assistant To Mcleod: Madeleine R. Gubbins
Assistant To Myers: Emma Chasin
Assistant To Suzanne Todd: Christopher Hoffman
Assistant To Suzanne Todd: Pamela Louise Griner
Assistant To Writer: Michael Mccullers
Catering Assistant: Jose Solorzano
Catering: Entertainment Motion Picture Catering
Chefs: Clement Baque, Eric Vignando
Creative Executive: Donna Langley
Insurance: Near North Insurance Brokerage of California
Labour Foreman: Marcos Rehlaender
Labourer: P.J. Stewart
Office Production Assistants: Beth Theriac, Gregory Greer
Picture Car Captain: Joshua Hancock
Production Assistant: Jimmy Jatho [uncredited]
Production Assistants [Las Vegas]: Adam Martinez, Brian Steik, Cindy Leinwand
Set Production Assistants: James Teel, Sadie Chrestman, Sashy Bogdanovich, Scott Nunes, W. Ty Crawford
Production Associate: Marco Schnabel
Production Attorney: Avy Eschenasy
Production Resources: Jennifer Mosberg
Production Secretary: Luke Ployhar
Programming Assistant: Carlo Jean-Paul Chanez
Researcher: Kathy Blake
Set Medic: Gary Kurashige
Tool Man: Greg Burunmisc Trainer: Tammy Maples
Transportation Co-Ordinator: Bill Puluti
Transportation Captain: Tui Letuli
Transportation Co-Captain: Russell L. McEntyre
Transportation Assistants: Bill Devoe, Tricia Mulgrew
Travel: Travelcorps International
Unit Publicist: Claire S. Raskind
Vocal Coach For Robert Wagner: Tom Todoroff [uncredited]

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA; Riviera Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Stardust Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Location Manager: Jody Hummer
Assistant Location Manager [Las Vegas]: Eddie Ficket
Assistant Location Manager: Jeff Recker
Location Scout: Jack Robinson

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Jack Handey; Paco Rabanne; Pen Densham; Robin Ruzan; Shari Lewis; Steve Hibbert; Steve Wynn; Susanna Hoffs

CASTING
Extras Casting [Las Vegas]: Jackie Baskow
Extras Casting: Kate Kennedy, Kennedy Casting

CAST
Mike Myers [Austin Powers / Dr Evil]
Elizabeth Hurley [Vanessa Kensington]
Michael York [Basil Exposition]
Mimi Rogers [Mrs Kensington]
Robert Wagner [Number Two]
Seth Green [Scott Evil]
Fabiana Udenio [Alotta Fagina]
Mindy Sterling [Frau Farbissina]
Paul Dillon [Patty O'Brien]
Charles Napier [Commander Gilmour]
Will Ferrell [Mustafa]
Joann Richter, Anastasia Nicole Sakelaris, Afifi Alaouie [60s model]
Monet Mazur [mod girl]
Mark Bringelson [Andy Warhol]
Clint Howard [Radar Operator Ritter]
Elya Baskin [General Borschevsky]
Carlton Lee Russell [Gary Coleman]
Daniel Weaver [Vanilla Ice]
Neil Mullarkey [quartermaster clerk]
Lea Sullivan, Chekeshka Van Putten, Heather Marie Wayne, Sara Smith,
Laura Payne-Gabriel [go-go dancers]
Joe Son [Random Task]
Tyde Kierny [Las Vegas tourist]
Larry Thomas [casino dealer]
Cheryl Bartel, Cindy Margolis, Donna W. Scott, Barbara Ann Moore, Cynthia Lamontagne [Fembot]
Brian George [UN secretary]
Kaye Wade [Mrs Exposition]
Steve Monroe [son]
Vince Melocchi [dad]
Patrick Bristow [Virtucon Tour Guide Bolton]
Jim McMullan [American UN representative]
Robin Gammell [British UN representative]
Ted Kairys [Eastern European technician]
Burt Bacharach [himself]
Douglas Aarniokoski [voice on Dr Evil's telephone - uncredited]
Tom Arnold [guy in bathroom - uncredited]
Lois Chiles [steamrolled henchman's wife - uncredited]
Carrie Fisher [therapist - uncredited]
Brazil Joseph Grisaffi III [extra / gunman - uncredited]
Susanna Hoffs [Ming Tea member - uncredited]
Mike Judge [voices of Beavis and Butthead - uncredited]
Rob Lowe [decapitated henchman's friend - uncredited]
Michael McDonald [henchman flattened by steamroller - uncredited]
Cheri Oteri [flight attendant - uncredited]
Christian Slater [easily fooled security guard - uncredited]
Matthew Sweet [Sid Belvedere, Ming Tea member - uncredited]
Patricia Tallman [Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers' Club waitress - uncredited]
Sterling Wolfe [frozen celebrity - uncredited]

STAND-INS
Stand-In For Hurley: Lisa Dunlap
Stand-In For Myers: Adam Lieberman

When his arch-enemy Dr Evil goes into suspended animation, British secret agent Austin Powers follows suit. 30 years later, both men are revived and Powers must stop Evil's plans to hold the world to ransom with stolen nuclear weapons.

Taking swipes at just about every aspect of British late-60s popular culture [Bond, The Avengers, psychedelia, Carnaby Street], Austin Powers is not so much a coherent and sustained parody as it is a clever and frequently very funny assemblage of one-liners, toilet humour and visual gags. It gets by on the force of Myers' personality and on the opportunity to spot where all teh jokes are aimed at.

France
Theatrical Distributor: Bac Films

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Kinowelt Filmverleih

Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Vitoria Filme

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Líder Films, S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Guild
Video Distributor: Pathe [P8929; P8929W [widescreen version]]

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Roadshow Film Distributors
Video Distributor: New Line Cinema / Asso Film

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Brazil
Rating: 12

Finland
Rating: K-12

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

The Netherlands
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 11

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG-13 [for nudity, sex-related dialogue and humour]

1997
May
2: USA - theatrical release
2: Canada - theatrical release
10: Singapore - theatrical release
23: Spain - theatrical release

August
21: Australia - theatrical release

September
3: Kuwait - theatrical release
5: UK - theatrical release
7: France - shown at the Deauville Film Festival
18: Hong Kong - theatrical release

October
9: Netherlands - theatrical release
24: Iceland - theatrical release
24: Mexico - theatrical release

November
20: Germany - theatrical release

December
3: France - theatrical release
5: Switzerland - theatrical release
10: Belgium - theatrical release
26: Norway - theatrical release

January
2: Estonia - theatrical release
22: Slovenia - theatrical release

1998
February
13: Brazil - theatrical release

April
8: Finland - video release
10: Sweden - theatrical release

May
22: Portugal - theatrical release

July
2: Slovakia - theatrical release

1999
January
21: Argentina - theatrical release

April
29: Hungary - theatrical release

Frozen in the 60's...thawing spring '97, baby!

Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted.

If he were any cooler, he'd still be frozen, baby!

O Agente Misterioso - Portuguese title
Austin Powers - 000 Um Agente Nada Discreto - Brazilian title
Austin Powers - agenten som kom ut av fryser'n - Norwegian title
Austin Powers - Das Schärfste, was Ihre Majestät zu bieten hat - German title
Austin Powers - hemlig internationell agent - Swedish title
Austin Powers - kumma jätkä - Finnish title
Austin Powers - Argentinean / French / French Canadian / Danish / Slovenian / Spanish / working title
Austin Powers: agent specjalnej troski - Polish title
Austin Powers: il controspione - Italian title

SEQUEL
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [1999]
Austin Powers in Goldmember [2002]

SEE ALSO
Adam Adamant Lives! [1966 - 1967]
The Ambushers [1967]
Austin Prowler [1999]
The Avengers [1961]
Baby Geniuses [1999]
The Bionic Woman [1976]
Casino Royale [1967]
Chopping Mall [1986]
Demolition Man [1993]
Diamonds Are Forever [1971]
Dimension 5 [1966]
Doctor Dolittle [1998]
Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine [1965]
Dr No [1962]
Evil Hill [1999]
From Russia with Love [1963]
Get Smart [1965]
Goldeneye [1995]
Goldfinger [1964]
Happy Days [1974]
A Hard Day's Night [1964]
Live and Let Die [1973]
Modesty Blaise [1966]
Murderers' Row [1966]
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [1988]
Octopussy [1983]
Our Man Flint [1965]
The Prisoner [1967 - 1968]
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In [1968]
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1978]
The Silencers [1966]
Sleeper [1973]
Star Wars [1977]
Thunderball [1965]
Urban Legend [1998]
Wayne's World [1992]
The Wrecking Crew [1969]
You Only Live Twice [1967]
Young Frankenstein [1974]

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Beavis and Butt-head [1993]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
At First Sight [1999]
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies [2000]
The Beatles Revolution [2000]
Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut... [2002]

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique June 1997 p.4 [USA]

Cinema no.235 December 1997 pp.60 - 62 [Germany]
review [by Gernot Griksch]

Correio da Manhã 22 May 1998
review [by Vitoriano Rosa]

Diário de Notícias 28 September 1999 p.63
review

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 23 May 1998
review [by João Antunes]

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 16 January 1999
review [by João Antunes]

Empire September 1997 p.42
review [by Ian Nathan]

Film Review [UK] October 1997 p.18
review [by Jason Caro]

Neon September 1997 p.87

Film Review 1998 - 1999 pp.17-18

Première [France] December 1997 p.54
review [by Gérard Delorme]

The Sacramento Bee 2 May 1997
review [by Joe Baltake]

Studio December 1997 p.22
review [by Laurent Tirard]

Svenska Dagbladet 9 April 1998
review [Med kärlek till 60-talet by Elisabeth Sörenson]

Total Film [UK] October 1997 p.84
review [Matt Bielby]

KEYWORDS

spies, secret agents, mad scientists, cryogenic freezing, jacuzzis, underground bases, nuclear weapons, london, las vegas, hotels, photography, models, nightclubs, assassins, cats, spacecraft, robots, military

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007