Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Plot

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

About Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (or simply Austin Powers) is a 1997 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers. It is the first installment in the Austin Powers film series and stars Myers as both the British spy Austin Powers and his nemesis Dr. Evil, alongside Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green and Mindy Sterling. The film is a parody of James Bond films and the Swinging Sixties. The film follows Austin Powers, a flamboyant secret agent who is cryogenically frozen in the late 1960s and revived in the late 1990s to stop the criminal mastermind Dr. Evil, who has returned to carry out a scheme for global extortion. As Austin adjusts to modern society, he partners with Vanessa Kensington (Hurley) while attempting to thwart Dr. Evil's plans. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was released by New Line Cinema in the United States on May 2, 1997 with Capella International handling international sales. It grossed roughly $67 million worldwide against a production budget of around $16–18 million. Although its initial box office performance was modest in some markets, it later developed a wider audience through home media and word of mouth. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was followed by two sequels, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

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