Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me#Soundtrack

In 1999, time-displaced 1960s British spy Austin Powers enjoys his honeymoon with his wife, Vanessa Kensington. However, Vanessa is soon revealed to be a fembot controlled by Dr. Evil. Vanessa attacks Austin, then self-destructs. Austin grieves briefly before realizing he is single again and can have sex without commitment. Meanwhile, a NATO monitoring facility observes Dr. Evil's return from space, where he appears on The Jerry Springer Show to reunite with his estranged son, Scott. Scott is frustrated to see his father, and a fight ensues between multiple people on the show.

At Dr. Evil's Space Needle lair in Seattle, he is presented with a dwarf clone of himself, whom he names Mini-Me. Dr. Evil outlines a plan to time travel back to the 1960s and steal Austin's mojo, the source of his sexual appeal. Dr. Evil and Mini-Me travel to 1969, meeting a younger Number Two and Frau Farbissina. Fat Bastard, another henchman of Dr. Evil, extracts Austin's mojo from his frozen body at the Ministry of Defence (MOD). British intelligence warns Austin that one of Dr. Evil's agents is after him. The agent, Ivana Humpalot, seduces Austin but decides not to kill him. After they have sex, Austin discovers he has lost his mojo and is impotent.

The MOD sends Austin to 1969 using a time-traveling Volkswagen New Beetle. Austin arrives at a party in his London pad. With the assistance of CIA agent Felicity Shagwell, Austin escapes an assassination attempt by Dr. Evil's operatives. Austin and Felicity are pursued by Mustafa, another of Dr. Evil's henchmen, but manage to subdue him. Mustafa reveals the existence of Dr. Evil's volcano lair. Before he can divulge its location, Mini-Me causes him to fall from a cliff.

Examining photographs from the crime scene, Austin discovers Fat Bastard stole his mojo. Fat Bastard presents Austin's mojo to Dr. Evil, who drinks some of it and has sex with Frau Farbissina. Scott arrives through the time portal. Dr. Evil announces he will hold the world ransom by threatening to destroy cities using a giant laser, which is located on the Moon. Austin and Felicity get to know each other, but when Felicity propositions him for sex, he turns her down because of his lost mojo.

Under MOD instructions to implant a homing device into Fat Bastard, Felicity has sex with him, enabling her to plant the device in his anus. Fat Bastard forces it out of his bowels into a toilet, but a stool sample reveals traces of a vegetable that only grows on one Caribbean island. Austin and Felicity arrive on the island but are apprehended. They escape their cell after Felicity distracts the guard by flashing her breasts at him.

Dr. Evil and Mini-Me leave for the Moon to install the giant laser, pursued by Austin and Felicity on Apollo 11. At Dr. Evil's Moon base, Austin battles Mini-Me, eventually flushing him into space. He then confronts Dr. Evil, who gives him an ultimatum: save the world, or Felicity, who is trapped in a chamber with poison gas, will die, not before Felicity tells Austin to save the world. Before Austin can kill him, Dr. Evil suggests Austin use the time machine to save both Felicity and the world. Austin travels ten minutes into the past, meeting up with himself and saving the world and Felicity. Realizing his failure at the hand of Austin, Dr. Evil inadvertently initiates the self-destruct mechanism of the Moon base and escapes after throwing Austin's mojo into the air. Although Austin fails to catch it, and it is destroyed, Felicity points out all the things Austin has done to never lose his mojo. They escape through the time portal to 1999.

Back at Austin's pad, Fat Bastard attempts to assassinate Austin, but Felicity easily disarms him. Afterward, Austin and Felicity throw a party to celebrate his mission. In 1969, Dr. Evil recovers Mini-Me from space and vows revenge on Austin. On The Jerry Springer Show, Scott learns that Jerry invites his biological mother, who turns out to be Frau Farbissina, telling him that he is the love child of her and Dr. Evil, much to his delight. Meanwhile, Austin returns to his pad to discover Felicity with the past Austin, who claims that since he and Austin are the same person, he is not cheating.

{{Cast listing|

• Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard
• Heather Graham as Felicity Shagwell
• Michael York as Basil Exposition
• Robert Wagner as Number Two
• Rob Lowe as young Number Two
• Seth Green as Scott Evil
• Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina
• Verne Troyer as Mini-Me
• Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington
• Gia Carides as Robin Spitz-Swallows
• Oliver Muirhead as British colonel
• Clint Howard as Johnson Ritter
• David Koechner as co-pilot
• Kevin Durand as Bazooka Marksman Joe
• Fred Willard as Mission Commander
• Jeff Garlin as Cyclops
• Rachel Wilson as Woody Harrelson fan
• Jennifer Coolidge as woman at football game
• Michael McDonald as NATO soldier
• Steve Wilkos as himself
• Burt Bacharach as himself
• Elvis Costello as himself
• Will Ferrell as Mustafa
• Woody Harrelson as himself
• Kristen Johnston as Ivana Humpalot
• Charles Napier as General Hawk
• Willie Nelson as himself
• Tim Robbins as the president
• Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as herself
• Jerry Springer as himself
• Tony Jay as the narrator (uncredited)

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There were two variations of the posters; one of them asterisked out the middle of the offending word "shag".{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Other posters had named the film as Austin Powers 2.{{Cite news |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=21 June 1999 |title=Translators Tackle 'Austin Powers' Lexicon |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19990621&id=B9ILAAAAIBAJ&pg=4610,8768698 |access-date=18 August 2017 |work=Ludington Daily News |location=Ludington, Michigan |page=9 |via=Google News}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} According to the Collins English Dictionary, the use of the word "shag" in the film's title helped to increase the word's acceptability, reducing its shock value and giving it a more jocular, relaxed connotation.{{Cite web |title=shag3 |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shag#shag__19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826052803/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shag#shag__19 |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 |website=Collins Dictionary.com}}

Singapore considered changing the title to The Spy Who Shioked Me (shiok derives from the Malay word, syok, which means, "to feel good").

The Spy Who Shagged Me was a hit at the box office, landing the top position in its opening weekend grossing $54.9 million from a then-record 3,315 theaters. Its debut total was more than the entire gross of its predecessor (the first sequel to ever achieve this), set a record for a June opening (beating Batman Forever{{'}}s 1995 record), and was the biggest opening ever for a comedy.{{Cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=June 14, 1999 |title='Austin' Sequel Is Behaving Very Well at Box Office |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C1EFE385C0C778DDDAF0894D1494D81 |access-date=November 5, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite magazine |date=September 8, 1999 |title=Variety's Summer Cup: Milestones |magazine=Daily Variety |page=A1}} For four years, it would hold the June opening weekend record until 2003 when Hulk surpassed it.{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=June 22, 2003 |title=Green Meanie's No Weenie |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/green-meanie-s-no-weenie-1117888287/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |work=Variety |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730203126/https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/green-meanie-s-no-weenie-1117888287/ |url-status=live }} The film grossed $206 million domestically and $312 million worldwide.{{mojo title|austinpowers2}}

{{See also|List of accolades received by the Austin Powers franchise}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 53% based on 91 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Provides lots of laughs with Myers at the helm; as funny or funnier than the original."{{Cite web |title=Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/austin_powers_the_spy_who_shagged_me/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926145056/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/austin_powers_the_spy_who_shagged_me |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |access-date=September 28, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{Cite web |title=Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/austinpowers2?q=Austin%20Powers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730022439/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=January 9, 2010 |publisher=Metacritic}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{Cite web |title=Find CinemaScore |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=January 14, 2022 |publisher=CinemaScore |format=Type "Austin Powers" in the search box |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=live }} Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a 2.5 stars out of 4, noting that it has "big laughs" but also that "too many scenes end on a flat note, like those Saturday Night Live sketches that run out of steam before they end."{{Cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=June 11, 1999 |title=Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1999 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |via=RogerEbert.com |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321163501/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1999 |url-status=live }}

{{Infobox album

| name = Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Music from the Motion Picture

| type = soundtrack

| artist = Various artists

| cover = Austin Powers TSWSM Music from the Motion Picture.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1999|6|1}}

| recorded = Various

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|pop}}

| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=30}}

| label = Maverick

| producer = Various artists

| chronology = Austin Powers series

| prev_title = Original Soundtrack: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Austin Powers in Goldmember: Music from the Motion Picture

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Music from the Motion Picture

| type = soundtrack

| single1 = American Woman

| single1date = May 10, 1999{{Cite magazine |date=May 7, 1999 |title=Lenny Kravitz: American Woman |magazine=Radio & Records |page=Ad |issue=1298}}

| single2 = Beautiful Stranger

| single2date = May 19, 1999{{Cite press release |title=New Madonna Single and Video to Be Released; 'Beautiful Stranger' Lead Track from 'Austin Powers' Soundtrack |date=May 12, 1999 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-madonna-single-and-video-to-be-released-beautiful-stranger-lead-track-from-austin-powers-soundtrack-74505907.html |access-date=April 6, 2016 |agency=PR Newswire |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819081309/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-madonna-single-and-video-to-be-released-beautiful-stranger-lead-track-from-austin-powers-soundtrack-74505907.html |url-status=live }}

| single3 = Word Up!

| single3date = June 28, 1999{{Cite magazine |date=June 26, 1999 |title=New Releases – For Week Starting 28 June, 1999: Singles |magazine=Music Week |page=25}}

}}

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = More Music from the Motion Picture Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

| type = soundtrack

| artist = Various artists

| cover =

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1999|10|26}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length = {{Duration|m=60|s=00}}

| label = Maverick

| producer = Various Artists

| chronology = Austin Powers series

| prev_title = Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Austin Powers in Goldmember

| next_year = 2002

}}

The movie's soundtrack contains the 1999 hit "Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna. The song won a Grammy Award in 2000. Mike Myers appears as Austin Powers in the video, directed by Brett Ratner. Another single "Word Up!" by Mel B, was released on June 28, 1999. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Dr. Evil also sings a parody of Will Smith's popular 1997 song Just the Two of Us, which heavily samples the Grover Washington Jr. classic "Just the Two of Us", referring in this case to his clone Mini-Me. The film's soundtrack had a rating of three stars at AllMusic.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r420880|first=Gina|last=Boldman}}

Another single "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz, was released as a single and was later included in the 1999 reissue of Kravitz's album 5. The cover reached the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, and Spain, as well as number 26 in Canada and number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Kravitz's version is slower and softer than the original, without the signature guitar solo; he later said to Randy Bachman that the reason why he skipped the lead guitar part was "I couldn't get the sound. I couldn't get the tone."{{Cite web |last=Pemberton |first=Pat |date=August 6, 2010 |title=Randy Bachman Learns to Enjoy Lenny Kravitz's 'American Woman' Cover - Spinner Canada |url=http://www.spinner.ca/2010/08/06/randy-bachman-lenny-kravitz-american-woman/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706204142/http://www.spinner.ca/2010/08/06/randy-bachman-lenny-kravitz-american-woman/ |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=2010-11-11 |website=Spinner.ca}} The music video (directed by Paul Hunter) featured actress Heather Graham (who starred in The Spy Who Shagged Me); the original political themes of the song were largely replaced by sex appeal. In 1999, Kravitz and his band were joined by The Guess Who for a live performance of "American Woman" at the MuchMusic Video Awards. It was also used as the theme song of the Madusa monster truck in monster jam events.

1. "Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna
2. "My Generation" – The Who (live at BBC)
3. "Draggin' the Line" – R.E.M.
4. "American Woman" – Lenny Kravitz
5. "Word Up!" – Melanie B (credited as Melanie G)
6. "Just the Two of Us (Dr. Evil Mix)" – Dr. Evil (Mike Myers)
7. "Espionage" – Green Day
8. "Time of the Season" – Big Blue Missile/Scott Weiland
9. "Buggin'" – The Flaming Lips
10. "Alright" – The Lucy Nation
11. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" – Burt Bacharach/Elvis Costello
12. "Soul Bossa Nova (Dim's Space-A-Nova)" – Quincy Jones & His Orchestra

The soundtrack sold over one million copies in the United States and was certified Platinum. A second soundtrack was also released, entitled More Music From the Motion Picture.

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1. "Austin Meets Felicity" – Film Dialogue
2. "Mustafa's Three Question Rule" – Film Dialogue

1. "Am I Sexy?" – Lords of Acid
2. "I'm a Believer" – The Monkees
3. "Magic Carpet Ride" – Steppenwolf
4. "American Woman" – The Guess Who
5. "Get the Girl" – The Bangles
6. "Bachelor Pad" (FPM Edit) – Fantastic Plastic Machine
7. "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye
8. "Crash!" – Propellerheads
9. "Time of the Season" – The Zombies
10. "Dr. Evil" – They Might Be Giants
11. "The Austin Powers Shagaphonic Medley" – George S. Clinton
12. "Beautiful Stranger" (Calderone Radio Mix) – Madonna

In addition, a score album featuring cues from both George S. Clinton scores (tracks 1–7 from the first film, track 8 an arrangement of Quincy Jones's "Soul Bossa Nova," and tracks 9–16 from the second) was released.

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