Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jay Roach
Produced by	Toby Emmerich Richard Brener John S. Lyons Eric McLeod Demi Moore Mike Myers Jennifer Todd Suzanne Todd
Written by	Mike Myers Michael McCullers
Starring	Mike Myers Beyoncé Knowles Michael Caine
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Peter Deming
Editing by	Greg Hayden Jon Poll
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	July 26, 2002 (2002-07-26)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$63 million
Box office	$296,655,431

Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember, and Fat Bastard. The movie co-stars Beyoncé Knowles, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Michael York, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, Mindy Sterling and Fred Savage. There are a number of cameo appearances including Steven Spielberg, Kevin Spacey, Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Katie Couric, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, and The Osbournes.

In a self-parody of the Austin Powers series, there is a film within the film in the opening. Austin Powers is featured in a bio-pic called Austinpussy (a parody of the James Bond film Octopussy) directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, Danny DeVito as Mini-Me, and John Travolta as Goldmember.

Goldmember is a loose parody of the James Bond films, Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice, also incorporating elements of The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun and GoldenEye. The film took in approximately $296.6 million from movie tickets worldwide.

Plot

Dr Evil's new lair lies behind the Hollywood Sign.

In 2002 in a new lair behind the famous Hollywood sign, Dr. Evil outlines his newest plan to his minions: he will go back in time to 1975 and bring back Johan van der Smut, aka "Goldmember", who developed a cold fusion unit for a tractor beam which Dr. Evil names Preparation H, not to be confused by the well known product of the same name. He intends to use the tractor beam to pull a meteor into the Earth to strike the polar ice caps and cause global flooding. However, moments after revealing this plan Austin Powers and the British Secret Service attack and arrest Dr. Evil. Austin is knighted for his services, but is disappointed when his father, the famous super-spy Nigel Powers, fails to attend the event. At a party to celebrate his knighthood he sings a song with the band Ming Tea and later meets two Japanese twins named Fook Mi and Fook Yu and is about to have a threesome with them when Basil Exposition informs Austin that his father has been kidnapped, the only clue that the crew of his yacht have had their genitalia painted gold.

In search of answers, Austin visits the imprisoned Dr. Evil, who tells him that Goldmember is behind the abduction. Traveling to 1975, Austin infiltrates Goldmember's roller disco club Studio 69 and meets up with Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyoncé Knowles), an old flame and FBI agent who is undercover as a disco singer. With Foxxy's help, Austin locates his father but is unable to rescue him. Goldmember takes Nigel with him through Dr. Evil's time machine into 2002, and leaves his golden clad henchwomen to kill Austin. Foxxy helps Austin escape, and asks to accompany him to the future in an effort to save his father and exact revenge upon Goldmember for murdering her partner. In 2002, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me instigate a riot in their prison, allowing them to escape. A British Intelligence mole named Number 3 (Fred Savage), who coincidentally has a large mole on his face, informs Austin that the doctor has moved to a new lair near Tokyo - a giant submarine shaped like Dr. Evil. Austin and Foxxy fly to Tokyo and confront one of Dr. Evil's henchman, Fat Bastard, now a sumo wrestler. After a humorous fight between Austin and Fat Bastard, Foxxy arrests Fat Bastard who tells them that a Japanese business man, Mr. Roboto, is working on a device for Dr. Evil and Goldmember.

Austin and Foxxy later meet with Mr. Roboto, who pleads ignorance about Nigel's whereabouts. Unconvinced, Austin and Foxxy infiltrate Roboto's factory where the command unit for the tractor beam is being loaded in Goldmember's car, and Roboto hands Goldmember a golden key needed to activate the beam. Foxxy confronts Goldmember while Austin attempts to free Nigel, but Goldmember escapes with the command unit and flees to Dr. Evil's sub. Unable to settle their differences, Nigel and Austin part ways when they disagree on how to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, Dr Evil's son, Scott Evil, has become increasingly evil in an attempt to prove himself to his father, to the point that he too is going bald. Scott presents his father with sharks with laser beams, a request that had gone unfulfilled in the first film. Dr. Evil replaces Mini-Me with Scott as his favored son; the rejected Mini-Me defects and joins Austin.

Austin, Foxxy and Mini-Me infiltrate the sub, but Austin is captured. Dr. Evil prepares to activate the tractor beam, but Foxxy has stolen the key and frees Austin. Austin prepares to shoot Dr. Evil, when Nigel appears and reveals Dr. Evil and Austin are brothers, separated when they were toddlers when an assassination attempt killed their mother, and Dr. Evil was found and raised by Belgians. Dr. Evil and Austin embrace, when Goldmember commandeers the tractor beam's controls, unzipping his pants to reveal his gold-covered genitals to be a spare key. Goldmember activates the tractor beam, but Austin and Dr. Evil work together to reverse its polarity, destroying the meteor and saving the world. The heroes arrest Goldmember, who turns to the camera to reveal the entire string of events was adapted into a film by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise as Austin, Kevin Spacey as Dr Evil, Danny DeVito as Mini-Me, and John Travolta as Goldmember. Austin, Foxxy, Dr. Evil, Mini-Me and Nigel are in the audience of a Hollywood theater watching the film. Upon exiting the theater they bump into Fat Bastard, now normal size thanks to the Subway diet. As Austin and Foxxy kiss, in Dr. Evil's Hollywood lair Scott - now bald and dressing and laughing in a manner similar to his father - declares he will get his revenge on Austin and begins dancing like the singer Michael Jackson.

Cast

• Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Goldmember, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard
• Beyoncé Knowles as Foxxy Cleopatra^[1]
• Michael York as Basil Exposition
• Michael Caine as Nigel Powers^[2]
• Robert Wagner as Number Two
• Seth Green as Scott Evil
• Verne Troyer as Mini-Me
• Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina
• Fred Savage as Number Three/Mole
• Masi Oka as The Japanese Copyright Guy
• Diane Mizota as Fook Mi
• Carrie Ann Inaba as Fook Yu
• Nobu Matsuhisa as Mr. Roboto
• Aaron Himelstein as young Austin Powers (from 1958)
• Josh Zuckerman as young Dr. Evil (from 1958)
• Eddie Adams as young Basil Exposition (from 1958)
• Evan Farmer as young Number Two (from 1958)
• Neil Mullarkey as physician
• Tiny Lister as a prisoner
• Jim Piddock as a headmaster
• Esther Scott as the judge
• Leyna Nguyen as an anchorwoman
• Jeanette Charles as Queen Elizabeth II
• Brian Tee as Japanese pedestrian ("Run! It's Godzilla!")
• Clint Howard as Radar Operator Johnson Ritter
• Michael McDonald as Royal Guard
• Donna D'Errico as a female vendor
• Greg Grunberg as the shirtless fan with the letter "T" (Greg's brother Brad Grunberg is the fan with the "A")
• Kinga Philipps as Young Mrs. Powers
• Scott Aukerman as Young Nigel Powers
• Kevin Stea as the assistant director of "Austinpussy" (and a dancer)
• Anna-Marie Goddard, Nina Kaczorowski, and Nikki Ziering as henchwomen
• Ming Tea as Themselves
• Susanna Hoffs as Gillian Shagwell
• Matthew Sweet as Sid Belvedere
• Christopher Ward as Trevor Algberth
• Nathan Lane as a mysterious disco man
• Katie Couric as a prison guard
• Kristen Johnston as a dancer at Austin's pad
• Kari Houghtaling as a dancer at Austin's pad
• Heather Graham as Felicity Shagwell (Deleted scene, not shown in theatres or DVD).

Cameos

• Tom Cruise as himself as Austin Powers (during Austinpussy)
• Danny DeVito as himself as Mini-Me (during Austinpussy)
• Gwyneth Paltrow as herself as Dixie Normous (during Austinpussy)
• Kevin Spacey as himself as Dr. Evil (during Austinpussy)
• Erik von Detten as himself as Fat Bastard (during Austinpussy)
• Steven Spielberg as himself
• Quincy Jones as himself
• John Travolta as himself as Goldmember (during the Austinpussy ending)
• Britney Spears as herself as Fembot ("Boys" music video)
• Ozzy Osbourne as himself
• Sharon Osbourne as herself
• Kelly Osbourne as herself
• Jack Osbourne as himself
• Willie Nelson as himself
• Burt Bacharach as himself (during the credits)

Production

Title concerns

The title of the film, Goldmember, led to legal action being taken by MGM, the distributors of the James Bond film franchise, that briefly led to the film's title being removed from promotional material and trailers. The dispute was quickly resolved and the film title remained unchanged on the provision that the film would include trailers in its cinema releases for the then-upcoming James Bond film, Die Another Day, and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.^[3] Coincidentally, as of 2006, MGM is the TV distributor for New Line's films and TV series.

Characters

Austin Powers (Myers), having conquered the '90s and the '60s, travels back to the 1970s and teams up with his nemesis Dr. Evil (also played by Myers) to thwart a new villain, Goldmember (Myers once again). Myers also plays Fat Bastard for the second time, this time parodying the kind of "wire fight" seen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film also stars Beyoncé Knowles as Foxxy Cleopatra (parodying blaxploitation movie heroines, primarily Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones, as well as Christie Love when she says, "You're under arrest, sugah!" ), Michael York, reprising the role of Basil Exposition, and Verne Troyer in his second appearance as Mini-Me. The film also introduced a new character named Number 3 (a.k.a. the Mole) who is portrayed by Fred Savage. Clint Howard plays a radar operator in all three movies.

Three actors who appeared in the earlier movies play different characters in Goldmember. Rob Lowe who played the friend of a dead guard in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery reprises his role as a younger Number 2 from The Spy Who Shagged Me, while Neil Mullarkey (quartermaster clerk in International Man Of Mystery) and Eric Winzenried (army private soldier in The Spy Who Shagged Me) appear as the Physician and Henchman Sailor in the Sick Bay.

Goldmember

Johan van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a fictional villain played by Mike Myers (John Travolta played the character in a cameo at the end of the film). The name was inspired by the James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger. Goldmember's Dutch origins and character traits were, according to Myers, inspired by an episode of the HBO TV series Real Sex featuring a Dutchman who operated a "sex barn" north of Rotterdam. The man's distinct forms of expression caught Myers' attention while he was writing.^[4]

Reception

Critical Reaction

Austin Powers in Goldmember received mixed reviews from critics, earning a score of 55% on Rotten Tomatoes.^[5]

The film took in £5,585,978 in the United Kingdom on its opening weekend. In the United States, it broke the opening weekend record for a spoof movie, surpassing the previous Austin Powers film. The film grossed US$73 million on its opening weekend, and grossed a total of $213 million in the United States, according to Box Office Mojo.

Awards

See also: List of accolades received by the Austin Powers franchise

Award	Category	Name	Outcome
2003 MTV Video Music Awards	Best Video From a Film	"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" by Britney Spears (feat. Pharrell)	Nominated
BMI Film & Television Awards	BMI Film Music Award	George S. Clinton	Won
Black Reel Awards of 2003	Best Breakthrough Performance	Beyoncé Knowles	Nominated
	Best Song	Beyoncé Knowles, "Work It Out"	Nominated
Canadian Comedy Awards	Film - Pretty Funny Male Performance	Mike Myers	Won
	Film - Pretty Funny Writing	Mike Myers	Won
Empire Awards 2003	Best Actor	Mike Myers	Nominated
	Scene of the Year	The opening sequence	Nominated
Golden Satellite Awards 2002	Best Costume Design	Deena Appel	Nominated
	Best Original Song	"Work It Out"	Nominated
	Best Overall DVD		Nominated
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Character Hair Styling - Feature	Candy L. Walken, Jeri Baker, Susan V. Kalinowski	Nominated
	Best Period Hair Styling - Feature	Candy L. Walken, Jeri Baker, Susan V. Kalinowski	Nominated
2003 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie		Won
	Favorite Female Butt Kicker	Beyoncé Knowles	Nominated
	Favorite Male Movie Star	Mike Myers	Nominated
	Favorite Fart in a Movie		Nominated
2003 MTV Movie Awards	Best Comedic Performance	Mike Myers	Won
	Best Villain	Mike Myers	Nominated
	Best Female Breakthrough Performance	Beyoncé Knowles	Nominated
29th Saturn Awards	Best Costume	Deena Appel	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor - Comedy	Mike Myers	Nominated
	Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female	Beyoncé Knowles	Nominated

Soundtrack

Austin Powers in Goldmember
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	July 16, 2002
Genre	Disco, funk, pop, rock
Length	40:01
Label	Maverick, Warner Bros.
Austin Powers series chronology
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Austin Powers 4 (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
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The song "Hey Goldmember" interpolates and is a parody of four '70s disco songs formed into a medley; "Sing a Song" by "Earth, Wind & Fire", "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", and "That's the Way (I Like It)", all by KC and the Sunshine Band.

"Sing a Song" is not listed in the credits but is sung by Beyoncé at the beginning.

1. "Work It Out" – Beyoncé
2. "Miss You" (Dr. Dre Remix 2002) – The Rolling Stones
3. "Boys" (Co-Ed Remix) – Britney Spears (feat. Pharrell of N*E*R*D)
4. "Groove Me" – Angie Stone
5. "Shining Star" – Earth, Wind & Fire
6. "Hey Goldmember" – Beyoncé (feat. Devin and Solange Knowles)
7. "Ain't No Mystery" – Smash Mouth
8. "Evil Woman" – Soul Hooligan (feat. Diana King)
9. "1975" - Paul Oakenfold (which samples "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy)
10. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" (Dr. Evil Remix) – Dr. Evil
11. "Daddy Wasn't There" – Ming Tea (feat. Austin Powers)
12. "Alfie (What's It All About, Austin?)" – Susanna Hoffs
13. "Soul Bossa Nova" - Quincy Jones

See also

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• Austin Powers 4
• Austin Powers
• Mike Myers
• Story within a story

References

1. ^ "GOLDEN GIRL ; BEYONCE'S GLITTERING FILM DEBUT DESTINED TO TURN HEADS, AND MAKEUP TRENDS". The Hartford Courant. http://articles.courant.com/2002-07-26/features/0207260848_1_goldmember-nigel-powers-austin-powers. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
2. ^ "Michael Caine: The original Austin Powers". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/26/caine.cnna/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
3. ^ "Spy vs. spy ends amicably". USA Today. 2002-04-10. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2002/2002-04-10-bond-powers.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
4. ^ Seiler, Andy (2002-07-25). "Movie news". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2002-07-25-goldmember_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 
5. ^ "Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/austin_powers_in_goldmember/. Retrieved December 20, 2009. 
6. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r598486

External links

• Official website
• Austin Powers in Goldmember at the Internet Movie Database
• Austin Powers in Goldmember at AllRovi
• Austin Powers in Goldmember at Box Office Mojo
• Austin Powers in Goldmember at Rotten Tomatoes