Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery - New Line Platinum Series Rating: Release Date: 22 October, 1997 Retail Price: $14.96 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.97! Cast: Mike Myers Elizabeth Hurley Michael York Mark Lee Complete Cast (15 total)

Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery - New Line Platinum Series Reviews

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FACETIOUS IRREVERENT LIGHT- HEARTED SATIRE & VERY FUNNY TOO!
IN A NUTSHELL: A BIT TOO MUCH - BUT SO WHAT IF IT WORKS!

A bit too facetious, a bit too vulgar, a bit too irreverent, and a bit too overdone. Nevertheless, this comedy does work and it pays homage to the original James Bond series, as well as the anglo and american cultures of the 1960s. In the end, "Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery" is simply quite effective in its role as a satirical comedy.

* THE MAJOR PLAYERS *

Mike Myers - Austin Powers / Dr. Evil
Elizabeth Hurley - Vanessa Kensington
Mimi Rogers - Mrs. Kensington
Robert Wagner - Number Two
Michael York - Basil Exposition
Mindy Sterling - Frau Farbissina
Seth Green - Scott Evil
Will Ferrell - Mustafa
Fabiana Udenio - Alotta Fagina
Carrie Fisher - Therapist
Charles Napier - Cmdr. Gilmour
Paul Dillon - Patty O'Brien
Clint Howard - Johnson Ritter

* PRODUCTION CREDITS *

Jay Roach - Director
Todd Mike - Producer
Demi Moore - Producer
Mike Myers - Producer / Screenwriter
Jennifer Todd - Producer
Suzanne Todd - Producer
Peter Deming - Cinematographer
George S. Clinton - Composer (Music Score)
Debra Neil-Fisher - Editor


BOTTOM LINE: EXCELLENT IN MANY WAYS ESPECIALLY MIKE MEYERS DIFFERENT ROLES

Insulting DVD For America Release
I really love this movie, one of the greatest satyres of the bond movies ever.

But the dvd released for america was just insulting.

No original Widescreen aspect ratio (the film has been cropped to 2:1 ratio instead of the 2:40 original).

This is the Cut edition of the film, some scenes of the original theatrical release were cut (thankfully some managed to get to the deleted scenes section, but in fullscreen)

The Video Quality is plain bad.

This movies cries for a re-edition on dvd the way its meant to be. The Sequels had a better treatment.

JPD


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