Austin Powers Collection [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Austin Powers-International Man of Mystery Name: Austin Danger Powers. Sex: Yes, please! Combine the swinging '60s, spy movies, talented Mike Myers in dual roles and one hilariously well- placed champagne bottle and you get Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Say Yeah, baby! for laughs as Flower Power-era superspy Austin (Myers) is thawed from a 30-year cryogenic freeze to stop the world-dominating scheme of bald baddie Dr. Evil (also Myers). Elizabeth Hurley, shagadelic style and Austin's randy attempts to find '60s-style free love in a very different, uptight time add to the groovy fun of this mad, mod, Myers world. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me He's back back in the 1960s. Secret agent Austin Powers (Mike Myers) hops in a top-secret time machine and zips 30 years back to 1969 to confront Dr. Evil (Myers) and his latest, vilest scheme. Evil is eviler he has a diminutive clone Mini-Me (Verne J. Troyer) and massive Fat Bastard (Myers) as a henchmen. Austin, who put the grrr in swinger, baby, is swingier if he and fab spy chick Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) can recover the mojo Evil stole from Austin. Austin Powers in Goldmember The mission for Austin (Mike Myers): Shake booty into the glittery roller-disco days of 1975 and rescue his suave spy dad (Michael Caine) from the scheme of - Shh! - Dr. Evil (Myers). The minions: freaky-flakey Goldmember, Fat Bastard (both played by Myers) and Mini Me (Verne Troyer). The minx: Austin's sassy ex-squeeze Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonc Knowles). The result: a three-for-all of grooviness that whisks from the 2000s to the 1970s and back to the 2000s - the screamingly funny third Austin Powers!

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 3
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Makeup - 1999 (Michele Burke, Mike Smithson)

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Original Song - 1999 (Madonna, William Orbit)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Mike Myers - Austin Powers
       Elizabeth Hurley - Vanessa Kensington
       Beyonce Knowles - Foxxy Cleopatra
       Robert Wagner - Number Two
       Michael York - Basil Exposition
       Michael York - Basil Expedition
       Seth Green - Scott Evil
       Verne Troyer - Mini-Me
       Fabiana Udenio - Alotta Fagina
       Kristen Johnston - Ivana Humpalot
       Gia Carides - Robin Swallows
       Burt Bacharach - Himself
       Elvis Costello - Himself
       Will Ferrell
       Woody Harrelson - Himself
       Charles Napier
       Willie Nelson - Himself
       Tim Robbins - President of the United States
       Rebecca Romijn
       Jerry Springer - Himself
       Fred Willard
       Aaron Himelstein - Young Austin Powers

• Director:

  Jay Roach

• Producer:

  Mike Myers, Demi Moore, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Todd Mike, Eric McLeod, John Lyons

• Screenwriter:

  Mike Myers, Michael McCullers

• Cinematographer:

  Peter Deming, Ueli Steiger

• Composer (Music Score):

  George S. Clinton

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  John Houlihan

• Editor:

  Debra Neil-Fisher, Jon Poll, Greg Hayden

• Production Designer:

  Cynthia Kay Charette, Rusty Smith

• Art Director:

  Dan Olexiewicz, Alec Hammond

• Supervising Art Director:

  Mark Worthington

• Art Director:

  Drew Boughton

• Co-producer:

  Greg Taylor

• Associate Producer:

  Emma Chasin, Josh King, Katherine E. Beyda, Marco Schnabel

• Executive Producer:

  Eric McLeod, Claire Rudnick Polstein, Michael De Luca, Erwin Stoff, Donna Langley, Richard Brener, Toby Emmerich

• Set Designer:

  Stephen Cooper, John Jeffries, Andrew Reeder, Richard Mays, Kevin Cross, Marco Rubeo

• Costume Designer:

  Deena Appel

• Set Decorator:

  Sara Andrews-Ingrassia

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Mark Ulano, Kenneth McLaughlin

• Makeup:

  Michele Burke, Mike Smithson

• First Assistant Director:

  Douglas Aarniokoski, Gary Scott Marcus, Hal Olofsson, Josh King

• Choreography:

  Marguerite Pomerhn-Derricks, Marguerite Derricks

• Casting:

  John Papsidera, Jeanne McCarthy, Juel Bestrop

• Executive Music Producer:

  Danny Bramson

• Second Unit Camera:

  Sandi Sissel

• Makeup Supervisor:

  Michele Burke

• Second Unit Director:

  Jack Gill

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Jack Gill

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

  David D. Johnson

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  George Anderson

• Additional Cinematography:

  Paul Hughen

• Second Unit Camera:

  Paul Hughen

• Second Unit Director:

  Marco Schnabel

• Makeup Special Effects:

  Stan Winston Studio

REVIEWS:

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a hip, hilarious take-off of 1960s spy adventures -- such as the James Bond films or Our Man Flint -- that goes beyond mere parody. It's evident that creator Mike Myers, co-star Elizabeth Hurley, and everyone else involved seem to be having a tremendous amount of fun with the project. Myers supplies not one, but two rich comic creations: the title hero and his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil. The film's fish-out-of-water scenario could easily have been stretched much too thin; though the premise does occasionally flag, Myers peppers the film with offbeat tangents and great cameos from stars such as Tom Arnold, Carrie Fisher, and pop impresario Burt Bacharach. Austin Powers' humor is broad, to be sure, but like many broad cult comedies, the film gets better and better with repeat viewings. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me may not have been half the unexpectedly enjoyable romp of the original, but it doubled the character's pop culture prominence and the vernacular use of the phrases "Yeah, baby!" and "Do I make you horny?" In fact, rarely has there been such a widely mimicked film icon as Austin Powers, even if the most inspired bits from these films concern the fey supervillain Dr. Evil, also played by Mike Myers. It's a testament to the blind affection accorded this franchise that the sequel's most celebrated character is Mini Me, played by the vertically challenged Verne Troyer, who turned into such a stature-defying popular curiosity that he became the shortest man since Tom Cruise to get so much work. Audiences were so giddy to plunk themselves back into that free-lovin' world of shagadelic goofiness, they didn't even notice that many of the jokes were essentially repeated, or that the improvisation level was shockingly high. All that mattered was Myers returning in both brilliant roles, plus a third (the sweaty Fat Bastard), and Heather Graham filling the eye-candy role vacated by Elizabeth Hurley. The movie hits its funniest strides when reveling in its anachronistic cultural references, such as Dr. Evil covering Will Smith's paternal ode "Just the Two of Us," or aping Jerry Maguire by telling his miniature self, "You complete me." Capable of enormous feats at the box office, as well as getting incredible mileage from kitsch, the Austin Powers series should be healthy for as long as Myers wants to continue coining catch phrases. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi