• Austin Powers in Goldmember
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[img]http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/goldmember%20poster.jpg[/img] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7kNJyB0So&feature=fvst[/media] [I]All information stolen shamelessly from Wikipedia [/I] Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American 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: [quote] In 2002 in a new lair behind the famous Hollywood sign, Dr. Evil outlines his latest 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. 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, Basil Exposition informs Austin that his father has been kidnapped, the only clue that the crew of his yacht have had their genitals painted gold. It is never explained what happend to Felicity Shagwell. In search of answers, Austin visits the imprisoned Dr. Evil in Geneva, who tells him that Goldmember is behind the abduction, in exchange for being transferred to a regular prison to be with Mini-Me. 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. With Foxxy's help Austin locates his father but is unable to rescue him, Goldmember taking him through a time machine into 2002. 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) informs Austin that the doctor has moved to a new lair near Tokyo, Japan - 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. Fat Bastard tells them that a Japanese business man, Mr. Roboto, is working on a device for Dr. Evil and Goldmember. Austin and Foxxy 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 he too is going bald, and presents the doctor with sharks with laser beams on their heads, a request that had gone unfulfilled in the first film. Dr. Evil replaces Mini-Me with Scott as his favored son, and a rejected Mini-Me defects and joins Austin. Austin, Foxxy and Mini-Me infiltrate the sub, but Austin and Mini-Me are captured. Dr. Evil prepares to active the tractor beam, but Foxxy has stolen the key and frees Austin and Mini-Me. 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 it's 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.[/quote] I loved this movie. In my opinion it carefully treads the line between being too smutty and being hilarious. [img]http://watchplayread.com/files/2010/03/AustinPowers.jpg[/img] PS, 2000th post.
Ahhh, that was a great movie. I still watch all of them with my dad every now and then Oh, I get it now...:v:
Gold member post of the year 2011.
This was terrible. Lame jokes all around and terrible acting too. It was also fairly boring... whereas the first two are pretty damn good, certainly up there with Spaceballs and Airplane as far as parodies go.
I thought goldmember was the best, Beyonce was so hot, especially when you are 13 if you catch my drift.
Nostalgia attack. Goldmember > The Spy Who Shagged Me > International Man of Mystery
Thread is win. [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] Movie is too. [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] I want to see it now, but I don't have it :saddowns:
Groovy baby.
I have a huge rod[sp]ent problem[/sp]
[QUOTE=Dr.C;27801994]I have a huge rod[sp]ent problem[/sp][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi481ckNruk[/media] That always cracked me up.
Was watching this movie 10 minutes ago.
I love that movie. Cracks me up all the time.
god i wish i was gold, id KILL for gold
watched this movie at work once not too long ago, first time id seen it in a while. had everyone in the store laughing with me. austin powers will always be one of my favourite series.
Albeit, I love Austin Powers, this wasn't the best in the series. That's just my opinion though.
i can quote almost every word of this movie its fucking hilarious.
There is way too many quotes from that movie. I couldn't just pick one to post :saddowns: Very hilarious though. Also, was anyone else confused by the ending? It was really weird.
I love the jokes he makes when some random henchman of dr. Evil gets his head bitten off by mutated fish. "he'll never be the [i]head[/i] of a major company" etc.
When I saw Danny DeVito as Mini-me, laughed for like 10 minutes straight
[QUOTE=healthpoint;27813015]I love the jokes he makes when some random henchman of dr. Evil gets his head bitten off by mutated fish. "he'll never be the [i]head[/i] of a major company" etc.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that was 'International Man of Mystery'.
[QUOTE=darcy010;27822263]I'm pretty sure that was 'International Man of Mystery'.[/QUOTE] Well I still loved it.
[QUOTE=healthpoint;27822578]Well I still loved it.[/QUOTE] "If only he was more [i]headstrong[/i]"
I dislike Austin Powers movies more and more every time I see them now the Mike Meyers has done such shit recently (love guru). But the one thing that really redeems this movie in my eyes is Michael Caine. "Do you have any idea who I am? Do you know how many nameless henchmen I've killed over the years? And look at you! You don't even have a name tag, you've got no chance. Why don't you just fall down?"
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