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Austin Powers Ii
''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' is a 1999 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach. It is the second installment in the ''Austin Powers'' film series, after '' International Man of Mystery''. It stars franchise co-producer and writer Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard. The film also stars Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, Rob Lowe, and Elizabeth Hurley. The film's title is a play on the James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977). The film centers on Dr. Evil returning again from cryostasis to strike at Powers from the past, using a time machine to remove Powers's mojo and deprive him of whatever qualities made him an effective secret agent so he can no longer interfere with Evil's plans. The most commercially successful movie in the ''Austin Powers'' series, the film grossed around $312 million in worldwide ticket sales, taking more money during its opening weekend than the entire box office procee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Roach
Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers (film series), ''Austin Powers'' film series, ''Meet the Parents'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', ''The Campaign (film), The Campaign'', ''Trumbo (2015 film), Trumbo'', and ''Bombshell (2019 film), Bombshell''. Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political television drama films ''Recount (film), Recount'', ''Game Change (film), Game Change'', and ''All the Way (2016 film), All the Way''. He produced the films under his Everyman Pictures banner. For his work, he has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations. Early life and education Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., where his father was a military worker. He graduated from Eldorado High School (Albuquerque), Eldorado High School in 1975. He received a BA in economics from Stanford University in 1980, and later earned a Master of Fine Arts in film produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy Film
The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a film genre, genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond in film, James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le Carré, Ian Fleming (Bond) and Len Deighton. It is a significant aspect of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema, with leading British directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carol Reed making notable contributions and many films set in the Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service. Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage thrillers of the 1940s to the James Bond films of the 1960s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide. Offering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Makeup And Hairstyling
The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Awards, Academy Award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when there were only two nominees; in 1999, when there were four nominees. Beginning with the 92nd Academy Awards, five films were nominated. The competitive category was created in 1981 as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, after the academy received complaints that the makeup work in ''The Elephant Man (1980 film), The Elephant Man'' (1980) was not being honored. Although no award was given to ''The Elephant Man'', an entire category dedicated to honoring makeup effects in film was created for subsequent ceremonies. Previously, makeup artists were only eligible for special achievement awards for their work. Ahead of nominations, a shortlist of titles is chosen by the makeup branch's executive committee and clips are screened by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored 1999 in film, films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard D. Zanuck, Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd Academy Awards, 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th Academy Awards, 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojo (African-American Culture)
A mojo (), in the African-American spiritual practice called Hoodoo (folk magic), Hoodoo, is an amulet consisting of a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. It is a "apotropaic magic, prayer in a bag", or a spell that can be carried with or on the host's body. Alternative American names for the mojo bag include gris-gris bag,Bradley, Jude; Coen, Cheré Dastugue (2010). ''Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris and Sachets''. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn. hand, mojo hand, toby, nation sack, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, juju, juju bag, trick bag, tricken bag, root bag, package, and jomo. The word mojo also refers to conjure, Hoodoo, and charms. Mojo containers are bags, gourds, bottles, shells, and other containers. The making of mojo bags is a system of African-American occult magic. The creation of mojo bags is an esoteric system that involves sometimes housing spirits inside of bags for either protection, healing, or harm and to consult with sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
''The Spy Who Loved Me'' is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond filmography, James Bond and the second to be directed by Lewis Gilbert. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curt Jurgens. The screenplay was by Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum, with an uncredited rewrite by Tom Mankiewicz. The film takes its title from Ian Fleming's 1962 novel ''The Spy Who Loved Me (novel), The Spy Who Loved Me'', the tenth book in the List of James Bond novels and stories, James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel's plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with Soviet Union, Soviet agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg all while being hunted by Stromberg’s powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood, John Gardner (British writer), John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd (writer), William Boyd, Anthony Horowitz and Charlie Higson. The latest novel is ''On His Majesty's Secret Service'' by Charlie Higson, published in May 2023. Additionally, Charlie Higson wrote a series on Young Bond, a young James Bond, and Samantha Weinberg, Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the The Moneypenny Diaries, diaries of a recurring series character, Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie channel, movie-oriented pay television, pay-TV television network, network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown Atlanta, Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. The channel's programming consists mainly of Golden age (metaphor), classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co. film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. (covering films released before 1950), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films from RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films. Unlike its sister networks TBS (American TV channel), TBS, TNT (American TV network), TNT, and TruTV, TCM does not carry any sports cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host. Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in ''The Outsiders (film), The Outsiders ''(1983), Class (film), ''Class'' (1983), ''The Hotel New Hampshire (film), The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), ''Oxford Blues'' (1984), ''St. Elmo's Fire (film), St. Elmo's Fire'' (1985), ''About Last Night (1986 film), About Last Night...'' (1986), and ''Masquerade (1988 film), Masquerade'' (1988). Lowe was involved in a sex tape scandal in 1988, which stymied his career for many years afterward. His notable credits during this time were supporting roles in comedy films such as ''Wayne's World (film), Wayne's World'' (1992), ''Tommy Boy'' (1995), and ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999). By the turn of the millennium, his career saw a resurgence when he ventured back into television, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindy Sterling
Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has amassed multiple live action and voice-over credits across film and television. Her accolades include nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In film, Sterling played Frau Farbissina in the ''Austin Powers'' series (1997–2002) and appeared in '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999), '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' (2000), '' All About Nina'' (2018), and '' Bobcat Moretti'' (2023). On television, she played Francine Briggs on the Nickelodeon series ''iCarly'' (2007–2012), Mitzi Kinsky on the ABC series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2010–2011), Susan Skidmore on the Disney Channel series '' A.N.T. Farm'' (2011–2013), Bobbie on the Vimeo series '' Con Man'' (2015–2017), and Linda Schwartz on the ABC series '' The Goldbergs'' (2017–2023). Sterling provided the voice of Miss Endive on the Cartoon Network series ''Chowder'' (2007–2010), Lin Beifong on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat Bastard
Fat Bastard is a fictional character appearing in the second and third films of the ''Austin Powers'' series: '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' and ''Austin Powers in Goldmember''. A morbidly obese henchman hailing from Clydebank, Scotland, Fat Bastard serves Dr. Evil in his quest to destroy Austin Powers. The character is portrayed by series creator Mike Myers. Fat Bastard is noted for his foul temper, his emotional monologues that culminate in flatulence, his vulgar, crude manners, and his unusual diet. These go as far as to include a cannibalistic taste for human infants and people with dwarfism, whom he calls "the ''other'', other white meat". In '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', he boasts that he once ate a baby, and tries to refuse Dr. Evil's money for his services in exchange for getting to eat Mini-Me. Despite this, his extreme size and weight (1 tonne, according to Dr. Evil) endows him with massive strength. He exhibits his physical prowess while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Powers (character)
Sir Austin Danger Powers is a fictional character from the '' Austin Powers'' series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers. He is the protagonist of '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997), '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999) and '' Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002). He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod and hippie culture of the 1960s. Along with his nemesis Dr. Evil, he was frozen in a cryonics experiment, then unfrozen years later. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism. Personality Austin Powers was a character seen as a homage of the 1960s/1970s Bondmania, being influenced by James Bond, and other characters as Evelyn Tremble (played by Peter Sellers) in the spoof James Bond 1967 movie '' Casino Royale''. Other notable influences were Harry Palmer (played by Michael Caine who would go on to play Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
