After a sudden attack on MI7, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.After a sudden attack on MI7, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.After a sudden attack on MI7, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe car that Johnny English used was an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, which was actually Rowan Atkinson's own car.
- GoofsAfter Johnny English has accidentally landed in the hospital, a sign behind him points towards "Orthopedics". UK hospitals use the British spelling of "Orthopaedics".
- Quotes
Pegasus: English, we can't afford any mistakes. Not tonight.
Johnny English: The word "mistake," sir, is not one that appears in my dictionary.
- Crazy creditsDuring the end credits, we see Lorna (who was ejected from English's car in the last scene) landing in a swimming pool. Sitting beside the swimming pool is the strange-looking man that English described to his boss early in the film.
- Alternate versionsThere are three different versions available, with different runtimes. These are: "1h 29m (89 min)", the worldwide theatrical release; "1h 28m (88 min) (United Kingdom)", a slightly edited version released in the U.K. ; and "1h 27m (87 min) (United States)", an even more edited cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #28.13 (2003)
- SoundtracksA Man for All Seasons
Music by Hans Zimmer
Lyrics by Robbie Williams
Performed by Robbie Williams
Recording engineered and mixed by Al Clay
Co-produced by Al Clay
Courtesy of EMI Recorded Music Limited / In Good Company Co, Limited
Featured review
The talented Rowan Atkinson expands his character from a series of TV adverts shown in the UK in the late 1990's onto the big screen.So does the transfer from two-minute sketches adapt successfully into feature-length narrative? The answer surprisingly is quite well,although the film does have flat spots and gags that somewhat misfire.The plot and incidents that take place are an obvious mixture and borrowing from the NAKED GUN and AUSTIN POWERS series of parodies,but what is refreshing is that the character of Johnny English is mostly free of the occasional mugging that was witnessed in the above films,and also Atkinson's MR BEAN creation,which was of course wordless but did sometimes engage in some rather messy slapstick.There is some messy slapstick here,but Atkinson's interpretation is closer to his greatest comic character of Edmund BLACKADDER,with his sometimes cynical and sarcastic tone,though he has traits of bumbling incompetence like Mr.Bean,though not total idiocy which makes English more sympathetic.A lower budget than the AUSTIN POWERS series means there are fewer elaborate set pieces,but some scenes work very well and there are some witty exchanges of dialogue.There's decent support from Natalie Imbruglia,Ben Miller and Tim Pigott-Smith,but John Malkovich is the most amusing as the villain with his cod French accent.It is encouraging to see a comedy which underplays it's scenes these days,rather than performers shouting and screaming in a desperate bid to force laughter out of an audience.That said,some scenes in the film don't always come off,perhaps because they are understated too much,but the best bits are very funny(especially the final scenes)and further sequels with this character would be most welcome.
- BJJManchester
- Jan 25, 2006
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Johnny English: Điệp Viên Không Không Thấy
- Filming locations
- St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK(exterior: Sauvage's French castle)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,082,366
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,134,085
- Jul 20, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $160,466,000
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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