"This group made a number of live club and television performances in character. Myers' then wife, Robin Ruzan, encouraged him to write a film based on Austin Powers. Obituaries of Simon Dee (1935–2009), the radio and television presenter, stated that his ""Sixties grooviness"" made him the inspiration for the character. Mike Myers has claimed his father was the inspiration behind Austin Powers. In November 2010, he was voted #23 in ""Entertainment Weekly""'s list ""The 100 greatest characters of the last 20 years."" Austin Powers (character) Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the ""Austin Powers"" series of"
"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (or simply Austin Powers) is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and the first installment in the ""Austin Powers"" series. It stars franchise co-producer and writer Mike Myers as Austin Powers and Dr. Evil, Powers' arch-enemy. Supporting roles include Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, and Michael York. The film is an affectionate spoof of the James Bond films and other popular culture from the 1960s. The film, which cost US$16.5 million, opened on May 2, 1997, grossing US$53 million from its North American release"
"60 reviews, with an average rating on 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus read, ""A light and goofy comedy which provides laughs, largely due to performances and screenwriting by Myers"". The movie debuted at No.2 at the box office with US$9.5 million. Time Out New York critic Andrew Johnston (critic) observed: ""The film's greatest asset is its gentle tone: rejecting the smug cynicism of ""Naked Gun-""style parodies, it never loses the earnest naivete of the psychedelic era."" Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (or simply Austin Powers) is a 1997 American comedy film directed by"
"reveal that he can speak in the fourth movie. However, Troyer died on April 21, 2018, delaying production even further and precluding him from reprising his role as Mini-Me. On May 9, 2018, Myers reiterated his interest in making a fourth ""Austin Powers"", stating that it would be fun, also hinting that some tribute to Troyer might be included. Austin Powers The ""Austin Powers"" series is a series of American spy action comedy films: """" (1997), """" (1999) and ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002). The films were directed by Jay Roach; produced, written by and starring Mike Myers as both"
"Nigel Powers Sir Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine as an adult and Scott Aukerman in the flasback) is a character who appears in the third Austin Powers movie, ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"". He is portrayed as the father of Austin Powers, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. When Austin and Dr. Evil were infants, Nigel took the family on their first family outing to Belgium. Nigel left the car to find a restroom in the bushes, leaving his wife and two children in the car alone. Shortly after leaving the car, the car exploded; when he came back, he found Austin"
"Austin Powers in Goldmember Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy action comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and the third installment in the ""Austin Powers"" film series. It stars Mike Myers in the title role, and was co-written by him and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember, and Fat Bastard. The movie co-stars Beyoncé in her theatrical film debut, as well as Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Michael York, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, Mindy Sterling and Fred Savage. There are a number of cameo appearances including Steven Spielberg, Kevin Spacey, Britney Spears, Quincy"
"Powers was a character seen as a parody of James Bond and being influenced by Harry Palmer and characters played by Peter Sellers. The character of Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy for free love, his use of obscure impressions and his clothing style (including crushed velvet suits and Beatle boots). Myers, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs formed the faux British 1960s band Ming Tea after Myers' ""Saturday Night Live"" stint in the early 1990s. The band members all performed under pseudonyms with 1960s personas. Myers adopted the pseudonym and character of Austin Powers."
"the film: it may be found in James Wallerstein's ""The Cactus Wildcat"" (1954) and E.B. White's ""The Trumpet of the Swan"" (1970).) Daniel Craig, who has portrayed James Bond on screen since 2006, credited the Austin Powers franchise with the relatively serious tone of later Bond films. ""We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers fucked us,"" Craig said in a 2014 interview, making it ""impossible to do the gags"" of earlier Bond films which Austin Powers satirized. ""Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"" received positive reviews. The film received a 70% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on"
"Austin Powers The ""Austin Powers"" series is a series of American spy action comedy films: """" (1997), """" (1999) and ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002). The films were directed by Jay Roach; produced, written by and starring Mike Myers as both the title character and Dr. Evil; and distributed by New Line Cinema. The franchise parodies numerous films and characters, including James Bond and ""Jason King"", and incorporates myriad other elements of popular culture as it follows a British spy's quest to bring his nemesis down. The character represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy of free"
"Ming Tea Ming Tea is a faux retro-mod band consisting of: Myers formed the band with Sweet and Hoffs following his ""Saturday Night Live"" stint in the early 1990s. The members all adopted 1960s personae and performed under pseudonyms, with Myers creating the character of Austin Powers. Myers' then-wife Robin Ruzan encouraged him to write a film based on the character. He then wrote """", which was directed by Hoffs' husband Jay Roach, who would also direct the sequels. The band performed the song ""BBC"" for the ending credits of the movie ""Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"", as well"
"international bodies but is constantly thwarted by Powers, and (to a degree) his own inexperience with life and culture in the 1990s. In ""Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"", Austin and Dr. Evil are awakened after being cryogenically frozen for thirty years. Continuing to incorporate cultural elements of the 1960s and 1970s, ""Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"" and ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" feature time travel as a plot device and deliberately overlook inconsistencies. A proposed fourth film, ""Austin Powers 4"", has reportedly been in development since 2005. Myers himself has stated in interviews that the idea for ""Austin"
"Fat Bastard Fat Bastard is a fictional character in the second and third films of the ""Austin Powers"" series. A morbidly obese henchman hailing from Scotland, Fat Bastard serves Dr. Evil in his quest to destroy Austin Powers. The character is portrayed by Mike Myers. His extreme size and weight (1 metric tonne, according to Dr. Evil) endows Fat Bastard with massive strength. He exhibited this prowess in the sumo ring in the third movie. Fat Bastard is noted for his foul temper, his emotional monologues that culminate in flatulence, his vulgar manners, and his unusual diet. These go as"
"Mike Myers Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for his run as a performer on ""Saturday Night Live"" from 1989 to 1995, and for playing the title roles in the ""Wayne's World"", ""Austin Powers"", and ""Shrek"" films. He made his directorial debut with the documentary """" (2013) and had a small role in Quentin Tarantino's ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009). Myers was born on May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, a suburban district in the east side of Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of English-born parents Eric Myers (1922–1991),"
"Love and Kill"" a.k.a. ""The Man from S.E.X."" (1979), and ""Number One Gun"" (1990). Two French films starring Jean Dujardin, 2006's """" (set in 1955) and 2009's """" (set in 1967) both recreate the style of the period and parody the spy genre for a new audience. The American Austin Powers series (1997–2002) of three comedies starring Mike Myers are set in the 1960s and 1970s. The trio parodies James Bond and other Eurospy films. Michael Caine, as a character similar to his Harry Palmer role (""The Ipcress File"", et al.), plays Powers' father in the third film, ""Austin Powers"
"Myers created the character of Austin Powers for the faux 1960s rock band Ming Tea that Myers started with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs following his ""Saturday Night Live"" stint in the early 1990s. Myers said that the movie and the character were inspired by the British films, music and comedy of the 1960s and 70s his father had introduced him to as a child. ""After my dad died in 1991, I was taking stock of his influence on me as a person and his influence on me with comedy in general. So Austin Powers was a tribute to my"
"Powers"" came to him one night while driving home from ice hockey practice. Hearing the song ""The Look of Love"" by Burt Bacharach on his car radio, he wondered ""Where have all the swingers gone?"" and conceived the character who would become ""Austin Powers"". In an interview in November 2018 with ""Access Hollywood"", Myers stated, “After my dad died in 1991, I was taking stock of his influence on me as a person and his influence on me with comedy in general. So Austin Powers was a tribute to my father, who [introduced me to] James Bond, Peter Sellers, The"
"he plays an ex-spy named 'Harry', and who has many similarities to Harry Palmer. In ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002), Caine's portrayal of Nigel Powers, father of secret agent Austin Powers, spoofs Harry Palmer. In """" (2014), Caine portrays the bespectacled head of a secret espionage unit. Harry Palmer Harry Palmer is the protagonist of a number of films based on the unnamed main character in the spy novels written by Len Deighton. Michael Caine played Harry Palmer in three of the four films based on the four published novels featuring this character. Caine also starred as this character in"
"Dr. Evil Dr. Evil (Douglas ""Dougie"" Powers) is a fictional character played by Mike Myers in the ""Austin Powers"" film series. He is the antagonist of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis. He is a parody of James Bond villains, primarily Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as played by Donald Pleasence in ""You Only Live Twice""). Dr. Evil routinely hatches schemes to terrorize and take over the world, and is usually accompanied by Number 2, an eye-patch wearing goon who fronts his evil corporation Virtucon Industries, his cat Mr. Bigglesworth and his sidekick Mini-Me, a dwarf clone of himself. Myers revived the"
"and over $67 million worldwide. The film spawned two sequels, """" (1999) and ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002), with Myers repeatedly mentioning the possibility of a fourth film over the years (as of 2018). In 1967, British spy Austin Powers thwarts an assassination attempt by his nemesis Dr. Evil in a London nightclub. Dr. Evil escapes in a space rocket and cryogenically freezes himself. Powers volunteers to be placed into cryostasis in case Dr. Evil returns in the future. Thirty years later, in 1997, Dr. Evil returns to discover his henchman Number 2 has developed Virtucon, the legitimate front of"
"called 'Mister', thank you very much!"" In the ""Austin Powers"" films, Mike Myers wore blue colored-contacts for the role of Dr. Evil. Dr. Evil employs a diverse and highly stereotypical group of minions. Perhaps closest to Dr. Evil is his assistant, Frau Farbissina, founder of the militant wing of The Salvation Army. (""Farbissina"" is Yiddish for ""embittered"".) In the second film, """", after imbibing some of Austin Powers' mojo Dr. Evil becomes temporarily irresistible and they have sex. However, this leads to an uncomfortable morning-after encounter. In the closing credits she is revealed to be Scott's mother. (In the first"
"his right testicle Vinegar"", he was ""the first person to use quotation fingers"", he ""slept in a horse"", he once made a ""marzipan voodoo effigy of the Fonz while in a coma after smoking some Bolivian prayer hash at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house"", and that he's the ""Princess of Canada"". In the third ""Austin Powers"" film, ""Goldmember"", Dr. Evil claims that his adopted mother was the love-slave of the Belgian baker rather than a prostitute. In ""Goldmember"", Nigel Powers reveals that Dr. Evil is Austin Powers' twin brother and that his real name is Douglas (""Dougie"") Powers. He explains that"
"""We got the name Ming Tea from a very obscure 1960's Italian movie starring Ursula Andress."" The film in question is ""The 10th Victim"", which features the fictional Ming Tea Company. Ming Tea Ming Tea is a faux retro-mod band consisting of: Myers formed the band with Sweet and Hoffs following his ""Saturday Night Live"" stint in the early 1990s. The members all adopted 1960s personae and performed under pseudonyms, with Myers creating the character of Austin Powers. Myers' then-wife Robin Ruzan encouraged him to write a film based on the character. He then wrote """", which was directed by"
"& Dragons"" player and was one of several celebrities to have participated in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day in 2006. He supports the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He named two characters in the first ""Austin Powers"" movie Commander Gilmour and General Borschevsky, for then-Maple Leafs players Doug Gilmour and Nikolai Borschevsky. Myers has played for Hollywood United F.C., a celebrity soccer team. He played in the 2010 Soccer Aid for UNICEF UK football match, England vs. R.O.W (Rest of the World) and scored his penalty during a sudden death shootout after the game ended"
"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a 1999 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and the second installment in the ""Austin Powers"" film series. It stars franchise co-producer and writer Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard. The film also stars Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, and Elizabeth Hurley. The film's title is a play on the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977). The film grossed around $312 million in worldwide ticket sales, taking more money during its opening weekend"
"an interview with ""Entertainment Weekly"", Mike Myers discussed the possibility of studio sources moving forward with a fourth film. ""There is hope!"". ""We're all circling and talking to each other. I miss doing the characters."" In May 2007, in an interview with IGN, ""So no more ""Austin Powers""?"" was asked, and Myers replied, ""No, no, there is a fully conceived idea for a fourth and I can just say that it's from Dr. Evil's point of view. So if you balanced how much of it was Austin with Dr. Evil, it's more about Dr. Evil than Austin"". Also, in the"
"novel"" which would, nonetheless, disappoint readers, whether they wanted a literary version of the film's Italian satire and symbolism or the 'chilling futurama of legalized manslaughter' the cover promised. In the early 1990s, comedian and actor Mike Myers, along with musicians Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet, started a faux British 1960s band whose members adopted personas from that era. The band named itself Ming Tea, after the company that sponsored Andress' character in the film. In the ""Austin Powers"" series, also starring Myers, the idea of the Fembots may have been adapted from ""The 10th Victim"". The 10th Victim The"
"""Provides lots of laughs with Myers at the helm; as funny or funnier than the original."" On Metacritic the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". ""The Spy who Shagged Me"" had a strong box opening at number 1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a 1999 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and the second installment in the ""Austin Powers"" film series. It stars franchise co-producer and writer Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat"
"by Seth Green) appears as a housemate of ""Horror Movie Big Brother"", alongside fellow horror movie killers Jason Voorhees, Ghostface, Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, and Leatherface. Myers is evicted from the house, and takes off his mask to reveal himself to be the comedian Mike Myers, and utters his Austin Powers catchphrase, ""I feel randy, baby, yeah!"" He then proceeds to kill the host. Michael appeared on 25 April 2008 episode of ""Ghost Whisperer"", starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, titled ""Horror Show"". Here, a spirit communicates with Hewitt's character by placing her in scenes from the deceased's favorite horror movies, and one"
"absolutely hysterical sense of humour, and it's great for everyone to see that side of her. This was by far the most fun I've ever had making a video. The video begins with Myers as Austin Powers, receiving a call from his boss Basil Exposition (Michael York) who warns him against a dangerous spy describing her as a ""master of disguise"". The screen of his car depicts five images of Madonna wearing different looks, and Exposition clarifies that she has been ""seducing our top agents"". He also warns Powers ""whatever you do don't fall in love. We've already lost 007"
"adapted their Wayne's World ""Saturday Night Live"" (SNL) sketches into the feature ""Wayne's World"" (1992). It was among the most successful films of the year and was followed in 1993 by ""Wayne's World 2""; Myers starred in ""So I Married an Axe Murderer"" the same year. He took a two-year hiatus from performing after the end of his time as an ""SNL"" regular. Myers returned to acting with the film """" (1997), followed by the sequels """" (1999) and ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002). Myers played the title role (Austin Powers) and the villain (Dr. Evil), as well as other"
"protagonist alongside the film's lead character, Austin Powers, portrayed by Canadian film actor and comedian Mike Myers. Cleopatra is a parody of the characters in blaxploitation films such as ""Foxy Brown"" and ""Cleopatra Jones"", both of which are used in her name. Her clothing style is reminiscent of the disco era and her hair is in the afro style of the time. Taking inspiration from her portrayal, Beyoncé adopted in the song a persona similar to that of Cleopatra. Cleopatra and police officer Get Christie Love! use the slang term ""sugar"", which Beyoncé ad-libs and incorporates into the song. Many"
"not listed in the credits but is sung by Beyoncé at the beginning. In October 2005, in an interview with ""Entertainment Weekly"", Mike Myers discussed the possibility of studio sources moving forward with a fourth film. ""There is hope!"". ""We're all circling and talking to each other. I miss doing the characters."" In May 2007, in an interview with IGN, ""So no more ""Austin Powers""?"" was asked, and Myers replied, ""No, no, there is a fully conceived idea for a fourth and I can just say that it's from Dr. Evil's point of view. So if you balanced how much"
"of the film, ""Goldmember"", led to legal action being taken by MGM, the distributors of the ""James Bond"" film franchise, that briefly led to the film's title being removed from promotional material and trailers. The dispute was quickly resolved and the film title remained unchanged on the provision that the film would include trailers in its cinema releases for the then-upcoming James Bond film, ""Die Another Day"", and """". Austin Powers (Myers), having conquered the '90s and the '60s, travels back to the 1970s and teams up with his nemesis Dr. Evil (also played by Myers) to thwart a new"