Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) on Netflix
PG-1320021h 34mActionComedyCrime
Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape prison and team up with Goldmember, a gold-obsessed Dutch criminal. Austin Powers follows them to 1975 after his father, the spy Nigel Powers, is kidnapped.
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Plot summary
Dr. Evil gathers Number 2, Mini-Me, Frau Farbissina and Scott Evil behind the Hollywood Sign and unveils a plan for world domination: a trip back to 1975 and a partnership with the Dutch criminal Johan van der Smut, known as Goldmember. Goldmember built the power unit for a tractor beam meant to pull a meteor into the earth. Austin Powers arrests Dr. Evil and Mini-Me, and Queen Elizabeth knights him, but his father, the spy Nigel Powers, is absent. Basil Exposition then tells Austin that Nigel has been kidnapped.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The title Goldmember led to legal action from MGM, distributors of the James Bond films, and replacement titles including License to Shag, Live and Let Shag and Never Say Member Again were prepared. The dispute was resolved on the provision that the film include trailers for Die Another Day and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- According to Myers, Goldmember's Dutch origins and character traits were inspired by an episode of the HBO series Real Sex featuring a Dutchman who operated a "sex barn" north of Rotterdam; the man's distinct forms of expression caught Myers' attention while he was writing.
- Michael Caine guest stars as Austin's father Nigel, a role inspired by Harry Palmer from The Ipcress File, the 1965 film starring Caine. Sean Connery was originally considered for the role of Nigel Powers, and Honor Blackman for that of Mrs. Powers.
