Aladdin

There is also a hotel and casino in Las Vegas named Aladdin. A few other 1960's films that seem to have been source material for the satirical blend of the characters:. This tale has been adapted to film a number of times, including Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, the 1939 Popeye the Sailor cartoon, and Aladdin, the 1992 animated feature by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Teresa Graves's performance in the short-lived crime drama Get Christie Love! might also be an inspiration, but all of the vixens in the "soul cinema" genre might be considered formulatic. Note that although it is listed as an Arabic tale either because of its source, or because it was included in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, the characters in the story are neither Arabs nor Persians, but rather are from China and Africa. Other elements of her character are taken from Grier's characters in the films Coffy and Friday Foster. The traditional Aladdin pantomime (which is set in China, unlike many adaptations of the story) is the source of the well-known pantomime character Widow Twankey. The name itself is highly certainly based on Foxy Brown (Since she's played by Pam Grier) and Cleopatra Jones (played by Tamara Dobson).

In the United Kingdom, the story of Aladdin is a popular subject for pantomimes. Foxxy Cleopatra in "Goldmember" is clearly based on female characters from 1970's "Blaxploitation" or "Soul Cinema" motion pictures, especially those featuring Pam Grier. It was purchased by the Bibliothèque Nationale at the end of the 19th century. She could also be an American version of "Modesty Blaise". Caussin de Perceval, is a copy of a manuscript made in Baghdad in 1703. Felicity Shagwell in "The Spy Who Shagged Me" is based on three characters: The stereotypical "hippie chick" from the 1960s, the name is based on the double-entendre inspired names of several female James Bond characters such as "Pussy Galore" and "Xenia Onatopp". The more interesting one, in a manuscript that belonged to the scholar M. Kensington & her daughter Vanessa (And the tight-fitting leather catsuits they wear) are based on the female partners of John Steed from The Avengers (Especially Diana Rigg's "Emma Peel" character).

One is a jumbled late 18th century Syrian version. As for the female lead characters, from "International Man of Mystery", Mrs. John Payne, Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp and Other Stories, (London 1901) gives details of Galland's encounter with the man he referred to as "Hanna" and the discovery in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris of two Arabic manuscripts containing Aladdin (with two more of the "interpolated" tales). They made them more entertaining by having Bond briefed in exotic locations (Such as a hidden cave in the Egyptian desert in The Spy Who Loved Me) - (Hence the Austin-Power's movie, "The Spy Who Shagged Me!".) Or by having Bond show that he knew more than M about the subject at hand. It was included in his volumes ix and x of the Nights, published in 1710. These scenes were written to make sure the audience "got" the story (Hence Myers' parody.) The Bond screenwriters were often aware how clunky these expositionary scenes could be. Galland's diary also tells that his translation of "Aladdin" was made in the winter of 1709–10. The name is a parody of the scenes in the Bond movies where M or some other high ranking official made use of highly sophisticated audio visual devices and explained the "plot" and "characters" to Bond.

Galland's diary (March 25, 1709) records that he met the Maronite scholar, by name Youhenna Diab ("Hanna"), who had been brought from Aleppo to Paris, France by Paul Lucas, a celebrated French traveller. Michael York's character Basil Exposition is named such because Basil literally provides the audience with the Exposition of the plot. No medieval Arabic source has been traced for the tale, which was incorporated into The Book of One Thousand and One Nights by its French translator, Antoine Galland, who heard it from a Syrian Christian storyteller from Aleppo. The figure "Goldmember" in the 2002-film (Also the name of the film) might himself be a stand-alone referral to the "Goldfinger" in general.
. Evil's right hand man, Number 2, probably inspired by Thunderball's Emilio Largo and Referring also to Number 2 in The Prisoner; Alotta Fagina, a pun on Goldfinger's Pussy Galore; and Random Task, again a pun, this time on Goldfinger's Oddjob. We recognize our own struggles to grow and develop in Aladdin's journey. Other Bond inspired villains include Frau Farbissina, most probably based on From Russia with Love's Rosa Klebb; Dr.

One of the reasons for the enduring interest of the Aladdin story lies in our often unconscious recognition of the importance of its underlying meaning. Evil, a character based on Blofeld of the Bond films. The wholeness he finally achieves is symbolised by the re-establishment of the relationship with the princess. Powers' nemesis is Dr. Aladdin's first success came too easily and was not based on his own efforts, but the genie's who helped him; his despair at losing the princess and the palace to the evil sorcerer takes him to a spiritual place at which he needs to arrive before he can develop true strength and wholeness by making his own efforts to succeed. Another major source of humour derives from Powers' having been cryogenically frozen in the 1960s and revived in the late 1990s (roughly parodying the 1966 spy series Adam Adamant Lives! about an Edwardian secret agent who was frozen) without having any sense whatsoever of changes that have occurred in society the intervening years... This final success is only possible because the hero has learned a degree of inner maturity by going through the crisis. Appropriately, Caine played Austin's father, Nigel Powers, in Goldmember.

This type of story presents in three parts: from lowly beginnings, a protagonist achieves an initial success in life, traverses a major crisis in which all seems lost, and finally triumphs over adversity to achieve more stable and enduring success. The signature eye glasses hail from the Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) films (and perhaps also Peter Sellers in Casino Royale). an example of the "rags-to-riches" story. Powers' "cover persona" (to hide his job as an international agent) is as a fashion photographer, which provides an opportunity in the first two films to satirize Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up as well as Dean Martin's Matt Helm character. The story of Aladdin is a classic example of one of the seven basic plots in story-telling i.e. He could also possibly be named after actor Austin Pendleton, who has crooked teeth and wears glasses similar to Powers in What's Up, Doc?. The theme of the wily trickster of lowly birth who outfoxes the trickster himself is a widespread motif in fables. The name Austin Powers may be inspired by the British Austin-Healey sports cars which were popular in the 1960s.

Assisted by the lesser djinn, Aladdin recovers his wife and the lamp. Powers' flamboyant appearance and overt flirtation is probably based on the early 1970s TV character Jason King, who originally appeared in the ITC Entertainment Programme Department S and, later, in his own spin-off show. Aladdin discovers a lesser, polite djinn is summoned by a ring loaned to him by the sorcerer but forgotten during the double-cross. The first phrase he thought the character might say was "Do I make you horny?" which later did indeed become a catch phrase for the character. The sorcerer returns and is able to get his hands on the lamp by tricking Aladdin's wife, who is unaware of the lamp's importance. As he heard the music the question "Where have all the swingers gone?" came to his mind, and he began to conceive the character who would become Austin Powers. With the aid of the djinn, Aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries princess Badroulbadour. His car radio was on, and as he was listening the song The Look of Love by Burt Bacharach began to play.

After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin keeps the lamp for himself, and discovers that it summons a surly djinn that is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp. Mike Myers himself has stated in interviews that the idea for Austin Powers came to him one night as he was driving home from hockey practice. The story concerns an impoverished young man named Aladdin living in Arabia, who is recruited by a sorcerer to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby trapped magic cave. As of 2005, a fourth installment in the series is in limbo, although comments made during the Special Features of the Goldmember DVD suggest that the series will not go beyond a trilogy. Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alauddin/ʿAlāʾu d-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين, Chinese: 阿拉丁) is one of the tales with a Syrian origin in the collection 1001 Nights and one of the most famous in Western culture. The Austin Powers trilogy is one of the few movie series in which every sequel has outearned the film that preceded it, along with The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Desperado series. A third film, Austin Powers in Goldmember, was released in 2002 to similar fanfare, earning US$213 million.

The 282% increase in total box office gross from the original to sequel in a feat matched only by Terminator 2: Judgment Day's 434% increase. In its North American opening weekend it earned US$55 million (then the third biggest debut in box office history), and became the first movie sequel to outearn the original after only its first weekend. This, however, was a huge box office hit, the third highest grossing film of the summer (Behind only Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and The Sixth Sense), earning US$206 million in its North American release. In June 1999, the film spawned a sequel, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

The film was not a major success in theatres, but became a hit and cult classic on the home video market. The first film in the series, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery cost $16.5 million, opened on May 2, 1997, and made a modest impact, grossing US$53 million in its North American release. . (This is a reflection of an American stereotype of British people, who are said to have poor dental hygiene.).

The satiric elements of the suave male super-spy cliché arise from Powers' lack of physical beauty – his bad teeth, for example, are mocked in several scenes. The three films, in order of release are Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember. Sir Austin Danger Powers, (presumably born in the mid 1930s) played by Mike Myers, is the title character of a series of parodies of 1960s spy films, primarily James Bond, Derek Flint, Harry Palmer, and Matt Helm, and incorporates a myriad of other elements of popular culture. Austin Powers Pinball (PlayStation).

Austin Powers in Operation Trivia (PC and Macintosh). Austin Powers: Welcome to my Underground Lair! (Gameboy Color). Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! (Gameboy Color). In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted the Austin Powers movies (collectively) the 12th greatest comedy film of all time.

When Caine was cast as Austin Powers' father, Nigel, in Austin Powers in Goldmember, he wore the actual pair of Harry Palmer-glasses. Austin's glasses are usually meant to be a reference to the glasses Michael Caine wore in The Ipcress File. Also, it was used as the theme to a 1970s Canadian television game show called Definition; Myers is known for inserting references to his native Canada into his films, and the use of the "Definition" theme is considered one of these references (the Dream Warriors recording also makes this connection). The song was featured in the 1964 movie, The Pawnbroker and also formed the basis for the hit 1991 rap song "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" by the Dream Warriors.

The Austin Powers Theme (Soul Bossa Nova) by Quincy Jones and Produced by DJ Green Lantern was sampled in Ludacris's 2004 single, #1 Spot on his album The Red Light District. Alfie (1966, mentioned and parodied throughout all three movies). The Ipcress File (1965, Harry Palmer's glasses.). Austin, in 'The Spy Who Shagged Me,' says the latter title is his favorite movie.).

Our Man Flint and In Like Flint (1966 and 1967, many elements. Blow-Up (1966, the virile fashion photographer.). Casino Royale (1967, many elements, itself a spoof of the Bond films.). Evil appearance.).

You Only Live Twice (1967, the Blofeld/Dr. Evil appearance). No (1962, the Blofeld/Dr. Dr.