Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [1998]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times: 92 mins [Israel- theatrical]     95 mins [Finland - theatrical; France - theatrical; Germany - theatrical; Japan - theatrical; Netherlands - theatrical; USA - theatrical]     96 mins [Norway - theatrical]
Format: colour     Super 35mm [anamorphic]
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital     Dolby EX 6.1     DTS     SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Eric's Boy / Moving Pictures / Team Todd
Supervising Production Executive: Erik Holmberg
Production Executive: Michael Caldwell
Executive Producer: Michael De Luca, Donna Langley, Erwin Stoff
Producers: John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, Mike Myers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Associate Producer: Emma Chasin
Production Co-Ordinator: Kait Pickering

SCRIPT
Script: Michael McCullers, Mike Myers
Characters: Mike Myers

DIRECTION
Director: Jay Roach

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ueli Steiger
A Camera Operator: Bill O'Drobinak
B Camera Operator: Guy Norman Bee
1st Assistant A Camera: Joe Sanchez
1st Assistant B Camera: Brian W. Nordheim
2nd Assistant A Camera: Gary L. Camp
2nd Assistant B Camera: Maxim Edward Neal
Steadicam Operator: Guy Norman Bee
2nd Unit Director Of Photography: Sandi Sissel
Camera Loader: Jacquiline Compton
Best Boy Electric: Ronald Kline
Key Grip: Anthony T. Marra Ii
Grips: James B. Walsh, Michael A. Savage, Tim Nash
Dolly Grips: Robert A. Preston, Scott Drinon
Best Boy Grip: Michael James Fahey
Best Boy Rigging Grip: Michael A. Mcfadden
Rigging Grips: Gary Kangrga, Larry McCarron, William Moffitt
Rigging Tie Down Grip: Joseph W. Hirsch III
Rigging Best Boy Electrician: Rob Lewbel
Rigging Electricians: Michael Ambrose, R. Gern Trowbridge
Additional Rigging Best Boy Electrician: Edward Barnes
Gaffer: Jim Grce
Rigging Gaffer: Jeffrey P. Soderberg
Video Assist Operator: Michael J. Hogan
Video Playback Operator: Monte Swann
Additional Video Playback Operator: Pete Martinez
Camera Department Intern: Alexander Yves Brunner
Dimmer Board Operator: David W. Slodki
Dimmer Technician: Pat Hoeschen
Stills: Kimberly Wright, Mark Fellman
Camera Equipment: Panavision Cameras and
Colour: Fuji

EDITING
Executive In Charge Of Post-Production: Jody Levin
Post-Production Supervisor: Diana Kaufman
Post-Production Co-Ordinator: Stephanie Olah
Editors: Debra Neil-Fisher, Jon Poll
1st Assistant Editor: Curtis Croeni
Assistant Editors: David S. Clark, Jana Triska
Additional Editor: Greg Hayden
Apprentice Editor: Peter Pav

MUSIC
Music: George S. Clinton; Jerry Goldsmith [from In Like Flint]
Songs: They Might Be Giants [Dr Evil]; Quincy Jones [Soul Bossa Nova]; Matthew Sweet, Mike Myers, Susanna Hoffs, Christopher Ward, Stuart Johnson [psychedlic scene breaks]; Tommy James, Robert L. King [Draggin' the Line]; David LeBolt [The Jerry Springer Show theme]; Mark Motherbaugh, Gerard Casale [Whip It]; Lords of Acid [Am I Sexy]; Pete Townshend [My Generation]; Tomoyuki Tanaka, Richard Cameron [Bachelor Pad [F.P.M. Edit]]; Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, Gary Peterson, Jim Kale [American Woman]; Rushton Moreve, John Kay [Magic Carpet Ride]; Tom Faulkner, Guy Bommarito [Chili's Baby Back Ribs jingle]; Green Day [Espionage]; Neil Diamond [I'm a Believer]; Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend [Let's Get It On]; Madonna, William Orbit [Beautiful Stranger]; Burt Bacharach, Hal David [I'll Never Fall In Love Again]; Stephen Lemberg [Spider-Man theme]; Eric Bazillian [One of Us]; Ralph McDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers [Just the Two of Us [Dr Evil Mix], based on the adaption by Will Smith, Dr Evil lyrics by Robin Ruzan]; Brian Fahey [Crash!, arranged by Alex Gifford]; Susanna Hoffs, Debbie Peterson, Vicki Peterson [Get the Girl]; Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle [Summer Samba]; Tomi Jenkins, Larry Blackmon [Word Up]
Songs Performed By: They Might Be Giants [Dr Evil]; Quincy Jones [Soul Bossa Nova]; Ming Tea [psychedlic scene breaks]; R.E.M. [Draggin' the Line]; Lords of Acid [Am I Sexy]; The Who [My Generation]; Fantastic Plastic Machine [Bachelor Pad [F.P.M. Edit]]; The Guess Who [American Woman]; Steppenwolf [Magic Carpet Ride]; Green Day [Espionage]; The Monkees [I'm a Believer]; Marvin Gaye [Let's Get It On]; Madonna [Beautiful Stranger]; Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello [I'll Never Fall In Love Again]; Dr Evil [Just the Two of Us [Dr Evil Mix]]; Propellerheads [Crash!]; The Bangles [Get the Girl]; Walter Wenderley [Summer Samba]; Lenny Kravitz [American Woman]; Melanie Chisholm [Word Up]
Executive Music Producer: Danny Bramson
Music Supervisor: John Houlihan
Music Co-Ordinator: Micki Stern
Music Consultant: Chris Douridas
Orchestrator: Rick Giovinazzo
Choreographer: Marguerite Derricks
Synchronized Swimming Choreographer: Becky Dyroen-Lancer

SOUND
Post Production Sound and Re-Recording At: Digital Sound and Picture
Loop Group: Steve and Edie's Gourmet Looping

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Deena Appel
Additional On-Set Dresser: Charlotte Laughon

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Digiscope / Pacific Vision Productions / Stan Winston Studio
Rear Projection Supervisor: Mark H. Weingartner

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Rusty Smith
Additional Set Dressers: Adam Braid, Jerry Gardner, Josh Persoff, Kevin Hahn
Title Designer: Robert Dawson

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Scott Allen Logan

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisors: Annie Welles, Ronit Ravich-Boss
Production Accountant: Diana Olsen
1st Assistant Accountant: Cynthia Phillips
Assistant To Producer: Heather Plott
Puppeteer: Scott Patton
Unit Publicist: Alex L. Worman
Vocal Coach For Robert Wagner: Tom Todoroff

CASTING
Casting Associate: Blythe Cappello

CAST
Mike Myers [Austin Danger Powers / Dr Evil / Fat Bastard]
Heather Graham [Felicity Shagwell]
Michael York [Basil Exposition]
Robert Wagner [Number Two]
Rob Lowe [young Number Two]
Seth Green [Scott Evil]
Mindy Sterling [Frau Farbissina]
Verne Troyer [Mini-Me]
Elizabeth Hurley [Mrs Vanessa Kensington Powers]
Gia Carides [Robin Spitz Swallows]
Oliver Muirhead [British Colonel]
George Kee Cheung [Chinese teacher]
Jeffrey Meng [Chinese student]
Muse Watson [Klansman]
Scott Cooper [Bobby]
Douglas Fisher [man [pecker]]
Kevin Cooney [NORAD colonel]
Clint Howard [Johnson]
Brian Hooks [pilot]
David Koechner [co-pilot]
Frank Clem [guitarist with Willie Nelson]
Herb Mitchell [Sargeant]
Steve Eastin [umpire]
Jane Carr [woman [pecker]]
Kevin Durand [assassin]
Melissa Justin [chick at party]
Nicholas Walker [Captain of the Guard]
Stephen Hibbert [inept magma chamber guard]
David Coy, David Crigger, Tom Ehlen, Dennis Wilson [Carnaby Street band]
Eric Winzenried [private army soldier]
Tim Bagley [friendly dad]
Colton James [friendly son]
Michael G. Hagerty [peanut vendor]
Jack Kehler [circus barker]
Kirk Ward [soldier]
Jeff Garland [Cyclops]
Rachel Wilson [autograph seeker]
Jennifer Coolidge [woman at football game]
John Mahon [NATO colonel]
Michael McDonald [NATO soldier]
Jeanette Miller [teacher]
Carrie Ann Inaba [Felicity dancer #1]
Jennifer Hamilton [Felicity dancer #2]
Ayesha Orange [Felicity dancer #3]
Natalie Willes [Felicity dancer #4]
John Corella, Alison Faulk, Michelle Elkin, Shealan Spencer, Tovaris Wilson [party dancers]
Bree Turner, Marisa Gilliam, Mark Meismer, Sal Vassallo, Jason Yribar [dancers]
Chekeshka Van Putten, Tara Mouri, Gigi Yazicioglu [go-go dancers]
Sara Smith, Faune A. Chambers, Gabriel Page [scene break dancer]
Jim Boensch [Queen's guard]
Ron Ulstad [Chief of Staff]
Tim Waters [Bill Clinton lookalike]
Todd M. Schultz, Steve Wilkos [Jerry Springer's bodyguards]
Burt Bacharach [himself]
Elvis Costello [himself]
Will Ferrell [Mustafa]
Woody Harrelson [himself]
Kristen Johnson [Ivana Humpalot]
Charles Napier [General Hawk]
Willie Nelson [himself]
Tim Robbins [The President]
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos [herself]
Jerry Springer [himself]
Fred Willard [Mission Commander]
Phil Cancelleri [one-eyed monster - uncredited]
Jean-Christophe Gabler [scenes deleted]
Phil Hawn [M.O.D. crime scene investigator - uncredited]
Tony Jay [narrator - uncredited]
Mitch Rouse [himself - uncredited]
Mary Jo Smith [Unibrow - uncredited]

STAND-INS
Stand-In: Kevin Beard

Dr Evil travels back in time to steal Austin Powers' mojo. Powers himself must travel back to the 1960s where he teams up with CIA agent Felicity Shagwell to thwart the mad doctor's insane plans for global domination.

More of the same and just as the funny the second time round. Like the Bond films they spoof, the Austin Powers films had found a winning formula and weren't going to change it for anything. Great fun for those who know the source material and just as funny even if you don't.

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Alliance Atlantis Communications

France
Theatrical Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Kinowelt Filmverleih

Hong Kong
Theatrical Distributor: EDKO Film Ltd

Hungary
Theatrical Distributor: Kinowelt Hungary

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Herald Film Company

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Aurum Producciones, S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista / New Line Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-12

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

New Zealand
Rating: M

Norway
Rating: 11

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 7

Switzerland
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: PG-13

1999
June
8: USA - premiere
11: Canada - theatrical release
11: USA - theatrical release
17: Australia - theatrical release
24: New Zealand - theatrical release
24: Singapore - theatrical release

July
2: Iceland - theatrical release
9: Thailand - theatrical release
24: South Korea - theatrical release
29: Hong Kong - theatrical release
30: UK - theatrical release

August
5: Israel - theatrical release
11: Malta - theatrical release
28: Japan - theatrical release
28: Taiwan - theatrical release

September
3: Greece - theatrical release
9: Netherlands - theatrical release
10: Portugal - theatrical release
17: Denmark - theatrical release
24: Italy - theatrical release
24: Norway - theatrical release
24: Spain - theatrical release
30: Argentina - theatrical release

October
8: Brazil - theatrical release
14: Germany - theatrical release
14: Switzerland - theatrical release [German speaking region]
27: France - theatrical release
27: Switzerland - theatrical release [French speaking region]
29: Finland - theatrical release
29: Sweden - theatrical release

November
3: Belgium - theatrical release
26: Estonia - theatrical release

December
16: Slovenia - theatrical release

2000
January
13: Czech Republic - theatrical release
20: Hungary - theatrical release
21: Poland - theatrical release

Double-O Behave!

First He Fought For The Crown. Now He's Fighting For The Family Jewels!

"I'm Coming Again, Baby!"

First, he fought for the Crown. Now, he's fighting for the Family Jewels.

I'm back, baby!

You were expecting someone else?

The return of Dr Evil.

If you see only one movie this summer, see Star Wars. But if you see two movies this summer, see Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

The BRITISH Empire Strikes Back!

He's back, he's even bigger and he's up for it!

Austin Powers 2 - working title
008 la spia che mi ha sedotto - Italian promotional title
Austin Powers - Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung - German title
Austin Powers 2: It's Shagging Time - working title
Austin Powers la spia che ci provava - Italian title
It's Shagging Time - working title
The Return of Dr Evil - working title

SEQUEL TO
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [1997]

SEQUEL
Austin Powers in Goldmember [2002]

SEE ALSO
Alien [1979]
Back to the Future [1985]
Barbarella [1968]
The Boys from Brazil [1978]
Carrie [1976]
Casino Royale [1967]
CyberWorld [2000]
Diamonds Are Forever [1971]
Dimension 5 [1966]
Dumbo [1941]
Dr No [1962]
Enter the Dragon [1973]
Evil Hill [1999]
The Exorcist [1973]
Goldfinger [1964]
Independence Day [1996]
In Like Flint [1967]
Innerspace [1987]
Inspector Gadget [1999]
The Island of Dr Moreau [1996]
The Kid [2000]
The Man with the Golden Gun [1974]
Modesty Blaise [1966]
Moonraker [1979]
Mork and Mindy [1978]
Our Man Flint [1965]
Pink Flamingos [1972]
Planet of the Apes [1968]
The President's Analyst [1967]
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In [1968]
The Silencers [1966]
Sleeper [1973]
So I Married an Axe Murderer [1993]
Spider-Man [1967]
Spiderman [2002]
The Spy Who Loved Me [1977]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [1982]
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [1999]
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope [1978]
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [1980]
The Time Tunnel [1966]
Tomorrow Never Dies [1997]
Trainspotting [1996]
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [1971]
The Wizard of Oz [1939]
Yellow Submarine [1968]
You Only Live Twice [1967]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut... [2002]

MAGAZINES

A Capital, Viver 9 October 1999
review [by Rui Brazuna]

Dreamwatch 50 p.9

DVD Review no.9 [2000] pp.38-39
illustrated DVD review [by James Beech]

Empire August 1999 p.22
review [by Ian Nathan]

Entertainment Weekly 22 January 1999 no.468-469 p.28
article [by Steve Daly]

Entertainment Weekly 11 June 1999 no.489 pp.16-23
interview [Groovin' on Up by David Hochman]

Entertainment Weekly 18 June 1999 no.490 pp.51-52review [Wood vs Evil by Owen Gleiberman]

Entertainment Weekly 19 November 1999 no.513 pp.153-154
review ['Austin' Taxes by Ty Burr]

Variety vol.375 no.5 p.32
review [Myers' mod menace - episode 2 by Dennis Harvey]

NEWSPAPERS

Göteborgs-Posten 29 October 1999 p.55
review [by Cocktail med få skratt by Kristina Torell]

La Repubblica 26 September 1999
review [by Roberto Nepoti]

Svenska Dagbladet 29 October 1999
review [Förtexterna bästa delen by Jeanette Gentele]

KEYWORDS

secret agents, spies, time travel, libidos, cryogenic freezing, clones, midgets, cia, volcanoes, obesity, spaceships, impotence, cars, london, the moon

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007