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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach, is the first film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role.

The movie also stars Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, and Seth Green.

The film was moderately successful at the box office, earning about US$ 68 million worldwide, but it was an extremely popular video rental, prompting New Line Cinema to fund sequels Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
and Austin Powers in Goldmember
.

Austin Powers is particularly noted for the joyful manic hyper sexual exclamations "Yeah, baby! Yeah!" and "Ohh, behave!"

Taglines:

If he were any cooler, he'd still be frozen, baby!
Frozen in the 60's... thawing spring '97, baby!
Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted.

Plot

Austin Powers, a super-spy from the 1960s, and his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil, both played by comedian Mike Myers, have faced each other many times during the decade. In 1967, Dr. Evil is placed in cryostasis to return at a time when he wouldn't be expected. Austin Powers is also placed in cryostasis, should his services be needed in the future. When they are thawed out in 1997 to battle again, hilarity ensues as the duo has to adjust to the 1990s.

When news of Dr. Evil's return reaches the world, Austin is unfrozen. He is then paired with Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) to help him cope with the 90's. The pair set off on Austin's jet to Las Vegas, to find Dr. Evil.

Meanwhile, Dr. Evil finds Mr. Bigglesworth, his cat, has gone completely bald due to the cryogenics. Mustafa (played by Will Ferrell), who was told to fix this problem, gets vaporized but doesn't die immediately, so he is eventually shot. Dr. Evil then discusses with his associates how to take over the world. First, he says that he should make it look like Prince Charles is having an affair so he and Princess Diana will divorce, but Number 2 tells him this has already happened (the movie appeared in the theatres 6 months before Diana died). Then he suggests they create a hole in the ozone layer, causing an high increase in skin cancer, but Number 2 says this has already happened also. In reaction to this, Dr. Evil says one of his most famous lines: "Throw me a frickin' bone here!" The eventually decide to hijack a nuclear warhead and hold the world hostage. Dr. Evil, in addition to finding that a million dollars isn't worth that much money anymore, meets his son, Scott. Frau reveals their new secret weapon, android models with guns that pop out of their breasts, a.k.a. Femmebots. They consider it a good weapon on Austin, who would automatically fall for the robots. Dr. Evil and Scott then attend a therapy session, in which Dr. Evil tells his life story.

Austin and Vanessa, after an argument on the plane about her having sex with him, land in Vegas. They are forced to share a room, much to Vanessa's disgust, as Austin is not very hygienic. They soon begin their work pursuing Dr. Evil, following Number 2 and his secretary Allota Fagina into a casino. After a Blackjack match, Vanessa and Austin spend more time together, going around in Vegas. Vanessa ends up totally drunk, begging Austin to have sex with her. Strangely enough, Austin doesn't want to, saying it wouldn't be right to take advantage of a woman like her, tempting though she is. He is then prompted to go to Alotta Fagina's penthouse to get information on Dr. Evil's doomsday device. He finds the information at the penthouse, Dr. Evil will use the warhead in a drill to go into the center of the earth. But Alotta soon finds him, and subdues him into sex with her.

After a mission briefing, Vanessa and Austin go to Dr. Evil's headquarters, which is actually the HQ of the cable company he owns. They sneak in though the entrance to the inside of the real headquarters. The are eventually captured, and even though Dr. Evil requested sharks with laser beams on their heads, they are placed in a room with flesh eating cod because the sharks were on the endangered species list and the laser beams weren't perfected. Scott objects, saying they will escape and volunteers to kill them himself, but Dr. Evil goes on with the plan. They escape using floss and blinding the guard with toothpaste, causing him to fall into the cod. However, they do gain valuable insight on Dr. Evil's plan. The British army then plans a raid on Dr. Evil's headquarters.

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