FRIDAY 17th July 19:00 GMT: Let‘s watch AUSTIN POWERS together

124»

Comments

  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    These photography scenes during the end credits. They were supposed to come earlier in the film when Austin starts photographing Vanessa in Vegas. They slowed the film down too much so they were yanked from there and reused for the credits.

    But some incredible costumes on Mrs. Hurley
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Enjoyed that, hadn't seen it in years
  • SpectreOfDefeatSpectreOfDefeat Posts: 404MI6 Agent
    This film holds up rather well in my opinion. One of the best genre parody movies, alongside Airplane and The Naked Gun.

    "The spectre of defeat..."

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Surely you can't be serious?


    300-nielsen-cm-112810.jpg
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Of course I agree with you, and love those movies as well (plus "Police Squad"- in colour). I was literally sore with laughing so much on seeing "Airplane". Had to go back and watch again to catch the jokes I'd missed the first time.
  • SpectreOfDefeatSpectreOfDefeat Posts: 404MI6 Agent
    "The thing is, this film has actual joke structure. The sequels relied too much on just pointing the camera at Meyers and letting him goof off for endless minutes. The have moments that work but for the most part just grate on me."

    The sequels tend to lose sight of what they're originally supposed to be parodying- which is Bond- and go after random celebrity cameos and pop culture references instead. Still fairly entertaining films though...

    "The spectre of defeat..."

  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    So what version am I watching that has all these scenes?? ?:)

    Whenever I've watched Austin Powers it always has the Lois Chiles scene included and I think the Rob Lowe scene is included also.
  • SpectreOfDefeatSpectreOfDefeat Posts: 404MI6 Agent
    According to IMDB there are differences between the American and European cuts of the film. The British DVD includes the expanded/deleted scenes with Lois Chiles, Rob Lowe and the security guard who orders "orange shur-bert!" The US version doesn't, as these scenes were edited out for timing or censorship reasons in the States.

    "The spectre of defeat..."

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Thank you! Situation clarified. :)
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    According to IMDB there are differences between the American and European cuts of the film. The British DVD includes the expanded/deleted scenes with Lois Chiles, Rob Lowe and the security guard who orders "orange shur-bert!" The US version doesn't, as these scenes were edited out for timing or censorship reasons in the States.

    The link I posted at the start of this thread has a good breakdown of the differences with pics and durations.
    JTM wrote:
    Keep in mind people might be viewing slightly different versions (difference of approx 5 mins) of this depending on their location (if they're viewing via DVD, not sure if bluray or streaming is the same).

    https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=531109
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Thank you JTM. It certainly threw me, when I was mentioning Lois Chiles and everyone else couldn't see her.
    I hope it's not the same with the next Austin movie, which we're watching on Friday.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    There is a 1 hour 41 min version od the Matt Helm movie "The Silencers" on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=nHykJJKrH_Q&feature=emb_logo
Sign In or Register to comment.