Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers (WGA):

Mike Myers (characters)
Mike Myers (written by) ...

Release Date:

26 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

On July 26th the Secret Will Be Exposed

Plot:

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly-named villain Goldmember - who is working with Dr. Evil.

Plot Keywords:

Third Part | Gadget Car | Father Son Estrangement | Amphibious Vehicle | Golden Gun

Awards:

5 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. May 18

6:00 PM

TBS

Cast

Mike Myers	...	Austin Powers / Dr. Evil / Goldmember / Fat Bastard
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Foxxy Cleopatra
Seth Green	...	Scott Evil
Michael York	...	Basil Exposition
Robert Wagner	...	Number Two
Mindy Sterling	...	Frau Farbissina
Verne Troyer	...	Mini Me
Michael Caine	...	Nigel Powers
Fred Savage	...	Number Three
Diane Mizota	...	Fook Mi
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Fook Yu
Nobu Matsuhisa	...	Mr. Roboto
Aaron Himelstein	...	Young Austin Powers
Josh Zuckerman	...	Young Dr. Evil
Eddie Adams	...	Young Basil Exposition

Also Known As:

Austin Powers 3 (USA) (working title)
Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA)
Austin Powers: Never Say Member Again (USA) (working title)
Austinpussy (USA) (working title)
The Next Installment of Austin Powers (USA) (working title)
The Third Installment of 'Austin Powers' (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo, crude humor and language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | German

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:18SX | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39146) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Austria:10 | Brazil:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11/9 | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The version of Walter Murphy's "A Fifth Of Beethoven" heard in the film is an outtake from the Requiem for a Dream (2000) scoring sessions.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mini-Me assaults Scotty for attempting to eat the chocolate, the chocolate box appears and disappears between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Famous Austin: Yeah Baby.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Soundtrack:

Soul Bossa Nova

About as good as the second

While this is still not as funny as the first one, it's still worth watching. It has a load of recycled jokes from both of the earlier films, and a little too many references to the first, in my opinion. It's not entirely bad though, after a slow start it kicks off and gets very funny, very quickly. Most of the old characters return, with a few new ones too. The plot is pretty much the same old deal from the first two, still spoofing old Bond movies. The acting is still pretty good. The characters are more colorful in this one, I think. More developed, perhaps. The sexual crude humor is still there, and is better here than in the second movie, I think. The first is still the best, but if you only see one of the sequels, I recommend you see this one. I thought the twist-in-the-end was pretty lame, but it didn't entirely ruin the movie, as it didn't seem totally out of character or totally unbelievable. I'd recommend this to anyone who liked either or both of the first two movies. The humor is mostly the same, and people who enjoyed the first two will most likely also enjoy this one. 7/10