WHV Press Release: Austin Powers Collection: Shagadelic Edition (Blu-ray)

Ronald Epstein · 08-18-2008, 10:50 AM

“Mixes movie parody with culture shock. The film’s single-mindedness is so dauntless and just plain nutty that it’s hard to resist.”
- Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Yeah, Baby!
AUSTIN POWERS COLLECTION: SHAGADELIC EDITION, LOADED WITH EXTRA MOJO
Groovy on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def for the First Time December 2
From Warner Home Video

Burbank, Calif. August 18, 2008 – The holidays just got a little groovier with the Blu-ray™ Hi-Def debut of Austin Powers Collection: Shagadelic Edition, Loaded With Extra Mojo December 2 from Warner Home Video. All three films in the franchise, which grossed a total of $472M in the domestic box office, will be offered as a collection only. Directed by Jay Roach, Mike Meyers stars as the legendary swinger-spy Austin Powers who is constantly fighting off the globally greedy madman Dr. Evil and his side-kick Mini Me.

These films feature all star casts including Elizabeth Hurley, Beyonce Knowles, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe and Seth Green, with celebrity cameos by Will Ferrell, Britney Spears, Tom Cruise, Rebecca Romijn and Christian Slater, just to name a few. This three-disc collection features commentaries, featurettes, music videos, deleted scenes and more. Oh behaaave!

Just in time for the holiday shopping rush, the Austin Powers Collection: Shagadelic Edition, Loaded with Extra Mojo will sell for $74.98 SRP. Orders due October 28.

About The Movies

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Name: Austin Danger Powers. Sex: Yes, please! Combine the swinging ’60s, spy movies, talented Mike Myers in dual roles and one hilariously well-placed champagne bottle and you get Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Say “Yeah, baby!” for laughs as Flower Power-era superspy Austin (Myers) is thawed from a 30-year cryogenic freeze to stop the world-dominating scheme of bald baddie Dr. Evil (also Myers). Elizabeth Hurley, shagadelic style and Austin’s randy attempts to find ’60s-style free love in a very different, uptight time add to the groovy fun of this mad, mod, Myers world.

Behind the Story
Commentary with star/writer Mike Myers and director Jay Roach
Additional Footage
Five deleted scenes and two alternate endings
Original ending #1
Original ending #2
The Henchman’s Wife
The Bachelor Party
We’re Called Flight Attendants
Cheeses of the World Series
Fendi Briefcase
Music
“Music to Shag To” - Animated sequence with a retro 60s background that has spliced together stills of Austin Powers and Vanessa “dancing” to a piece of the musical score
Trailers
Theatrical trailer

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
He’s back – back in the 1960s. Secret agent Austin Powers (Mike Myers) hops in a top-secret time machine and zips 30 years back to 1969 to confront Dr. Evil (Myers) and his latest, vilest scheme. Evil is eviler – he has a diminutive clone Mini-Me (Verne J. Troyer) and massive Fat Bastard (Myers) as a henchmen. Austin, who “put the grrr in swinger, baby,” is swingier…if he and fab spy chick Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) can recover the mojo Evil stole from Austin.

· Behind the Story
o Commentary with star/writer Mike Myers, director Jay Roach and co-writer Michael McCullers
o Comedy Central’s “The Dr. Evil Story” - Faux biography-like documentary detailing the history of Dr. Evil
o Behind the Scenes of Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me - Featurette detailing various aspects of the film’s characters, costumes and plot
· Additional Footage
Deleted Scenes
o Secrets
o Trading Compliment
o Extra Foam
o Nanook
o Who Wants to Eat Him
o Be Strong
o Mini-Me and Number 2
o How do you do?
o A Chair Problem
o Ambush
o A Table Problem
o Drink?
o Number 2 and Fat Bastard
o Being Cautious
o Mini-Me Bites
o Odor Problem
o You Are So Beautiful
o Sexy Detector
o Arbitrary Orders
o 2 Plus 2
o Montage
· Music
o Music Videos
· Madonna - “Beautiful Stranger”
· Lenny Kravitz - “American Woman”
· Melanie B (aka Scary Spice) - “Word Up”
· Dr. Evil and Mini-Me - “Just the Two of Us”
· Trailers
o Teaser A
o Teaser B
o Theatrical trailer

Austin Powers in Goldmember
The mission for Austin (Mike Myers): Shake booty into the glittery roller-disco days of 1975 and rescue his suave spy dad (Michael Caine) from the scheme of – Shh! – Dr. Evil (Myers). The minions: freaky-flakey Goldmember, Fat Bastard (both played by Myers) and Mini Me (Verne Troyer). The minx: Austin’s sassy ex-squeeze Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyoncé Knowles). The result: a three-for-all of grooviness that whisks from the 2000s to the 1970s and back to the 2000s – the screamingly funny third Austin Powers!

Behind the Story
Commentary with star/writer Mike Myers and director Jay Roach
Fact Track - Subtitle track with trivia and fun facts
MI-6: International Men of Mystery - Featurette on the real British MI-6
English, English – Origins of the “English English” slang used between Austin Powers and his dad
Disco Fever – Featurette on revisiting 70s culture and music in Goldmember
Fashion vs. Fiction – Featurette on creating elaborate retro costumes in Goldmember
Jay Roach & Mike Myers: Creative Convergence - Process of Mike Myers immersing himself in multiple film characters
Confluence of Characters - Behind the scenes with the actors and their interpretations of their respective characters
Goldmember
Foxxy Cleopatra
Nigel Powers
Master Powers and Evil
Opening Stunts
The Cars of Austin Powers - A look at the creative and retro cars from different eras in Goldmember
Anatomy of Three Scenes - Comprehensive behind the scenes look at three scenes
§ Dancing at the Gates
§ Roller Disco
§ Sumo Battle
o Visual Effects Featurettes
§ Introduction - Details step by step creation of various VFX scenes within the movie
§ Play Scene - Shows a car entering the Dr. Evil sub through various stages of CG. Same segment repeats, each time showing more CGI added to the scene
Additional Footage
Fifteen deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Jay Roach
Tops and Bottoms
Post Knighting
Book Covers
New Man of the Lair
More from the Belly of the Beast
Idiot Convention
Nigel on Goldmember
More Fooks
Hello Mahza, Hello Fahza
More Fat Bastard
More Fahza
Dr. Evil has the Con
Musical Number
Bad Reaction to the Sharks
Outtake Montage
Music
Music Videos
Beyoncé - “Work it Out”
Britney Spears - “Boys”
Ming Tea - “Daddy Wasn’t There”
Dr. Evil and Mini-Me - “Hard Knock Life”
Trailers
Teaser trailer #1
Teaser trailer #2
Teaser trailer #3
Teaser trailer #4
Theatrical trailer

Austin Powers Collection
Shagadelic Edition Loaded With Extra Mojo Blu-ray™ Hi-Def
Catalog #: 1000042590
$74.98 SRP

David Wilkins · 08-18-2008, 11:56 AM

I wish the studios would stop these exclusive multi-packs. It's fine for the completists of the world who actually want such presentations, but there are far more people in the world who feel jacked-up and resentful because of the all-or-nothing approach. Personally, I'll nearly always choose nothing.

Carter of Mars · 08-18-2008, 12:55 PM

Will the first Austin Powers finally be 2.35:1 on home video?

Stephen_J_H · 08-18-2008, 01:32 PM

That is the big question. All three Austin Powers films were shot Super 35, so the current transfer of IMOM actually shows more top and bottom rather than being cropped on the sides. Consistency would be nice though.

Carlo Medina · 08-18-2008, 03:16 PM

Yeah it is odd to have that opened up frame [approx. 2.0:1], but then have it narrowed to 2.35:1 for that scene where a bunch of people are calling each other. It's good to know we aren't (hopefully) losing side-to-side information, but since I believe the other two films were released on DVD in 2.35, and that one scene in #1 is in 2.35, it can't hurt to be consistent.

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John Hermes · 08-18-2008, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlo Medina

Yeah it is odd to have that opened up frame [approx. 2.0:1], but then have it narrowed to 2.35:1 for that scene where a bunch of people are calling each other. It's good to know we aren't (hopefully) losing side-to-side information, but since I believe the other two films were released on DVD in 2.35, and that one scene in #1 is in 2.35, it can't hurt to be consistent.

Was the first Austin Powers 2.35 in the theaters?

Stephen_J_H · 08-18-2008, 05:26 PM

I recall it being closer to 2:1, but the theatre I saw it in was older (and @ one point in the 1980s set up for 3-D), so it's possible that the framing was mucked up. Famous Players was well known for not properly maintaining its cinemas and running them into the ground.

Carter of Mars · 08-18-2008, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Hermes

Was the first Austin Powers 2.35 in the theaters?

Yes

JulianK · 08-19-2008, 02:14 PM

The original UK DVD was presented in 2.35:1 format.

Ronald Epstein · 08-19-2008, 05:41 PM