Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Is Still Hilarious 25 Years Later By Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me turns a groovy 25 this week, baby! We’re celebrating with a list of our favorite moments from ‘ shagadelic comedy classic. Check your mojo, grab some nuts, and take a madcap leap back to the swingin’ 90s! If you’ve never seen or heard about Austin Powers (shame on you!), here’s a brief refresher. The original film, titled Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, was released in 1997 to ho-hum box office and critical success but gained enough momentum on VHS (rectangular pieces of plastic one would insert into a “video cassette player,” requiring users to fast forward through trailers and “be kind, rewind” before returning it to Blockbuster) to warrant a sequel.
The Spy Who Shagged Me zipped into theaters a few years later and went on to gross an astounding $312M against a $33M budget. Essentially a parody of the James Bond franchise, Austin Powers features Myers in a as the titular spy and his archnemesis, Dr. Evil.
He likewise appears as Fat Bastard and Goldmember in later films. International Man of Mystery sees Austin cryogenically frozen for 30 friggin’ years, awakening in 1997 to stop Dr. Evil from carrying out his latest dastardly deed.
The Spy Who Shagged Me follows the same template but sends Austin back to the swingin’ 60s to rendezvous with the lovely Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) to regain his mojo and stop Dr. Evil once an.
