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	Austin Powers In Goldmember
	Jay Roach Mike Myers, Michael Caine, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Verne Troyer, Robert Wagner, Michael York, Mindy Sterling 2002		The third film in the James Bond series was "Goldfinger." The third film in the Austin Powers series, with actor/writer Mike Myers spoofing '60s spy movies such as the Bond pictures, is "Goldmember." And its title indicates the comedy's reliance on sex and scatology. With Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer, Seth Green and the rest of the original cast aboard, "Goldmember" gets some jollies from familiar bits besides the foibles of horny, bespectacled, snaggletoothed secret agent Powers. Myers has a ball in multiple roles as Powers, arch-enemy Dr. Evil, gross assassin Fat Bastard and Evil's henchman, Goldmember. As the story goes, the time-traveling Powers pairs with '70s soul sister Foxxy Cleopatra (singer Beyoncé Knowles) to rescue his father and fellow super-spy Nigel (jaunty Michael Caine) from Evil's latest plot. The opening promises big fun: Our hero is present at the making of a Hollywood film based on his exploits, and the segment's superstar cameos are a blast. Then the self-parody-of-a-parody peters out.