Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a 1999 American comedy spy movie. It was directed by Jay Roach and was produced by Jan Blenkin, John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, and Mike Myers. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was released on June 11,1999. The title of the movie is a play on the 1977 James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. It is the second movie in the Austin Powers series. It is the sequel to the 1997 movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. A sequel was released in 2002 titled Austin Powers in Goldmember.
The movie gained mixed reviews from critics and holds a 51% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie gained around US$310 million in worldwide ticket sales. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards but it lost to Topsy-Turvy.
Plot
The setting is London, England. This is an action movie with comedy. Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is a British man trying to save the world from Dr. Evil (Verne Troyer). He is a spy for the government but he finds it difficult to save the world from Dr. Evil.
Many characters use British English.
Cast
Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard
Heather Graham as Felicity Shagwell
Michael York as Basil Exposition
Robert Wagner as Number 2
Rob Lowe as Young Number 2
Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina
Seth Green as Scott Evil
Verne Troyer as Mini-Me
Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington
Gia Carides as Robin Spitz-Swallows
Will Ferrell as Mustafa
Oliver Muirhead as British Colonel
Clint Howard as Johnson Ritter
Kristen Johnston as Ivana Humpalot
Jeff Garlin as Cyclops
Michael McDonald as NATO Soldier
Burt Bacharach as Himself
Elvis Costello as Himself
Jerry Springer as Himself (cameo) Steve Wilkos as Himself (cameo) Rebecca Romijn as Herself
Woody Harrelson as Himself
Charles Napier as Commander Gilmour
Tim Robbins as The President
Mitch Rouse as Himself (uncredited)
Tony Jay as Voice of Narrator (uncredited) Willie Nelson as Himself
References
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1999 comedy movies
1990s sequel movies
1990s sex comedy movies
1990s spy movies
American parody movies
American sequel movies
American sex comedy movies
American spy movies
Austin Powers
English-language movies
Histrionic personality disorder in fiction
Movies set in London
Movies set in Seattle
Movies set in the 1960s
Movies set in the 1990s
Movies produced by Mike Myers
Screenplays by Michael McCullers
Screenplays by Mike Myers
Spy comedy movies
Time travel movies