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I spy

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Movie propaganda

It's hate at first sight when Bureau of National Security Special Agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is unwittingly paired up with undefeated middle-weight champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy) to track down the USA Air Force's missing stealth bomber, the country's new top secret weapon. The fate of the free world is in their hands. Now if they can only stop fighting with one another long enough to track down the real enemy.

Based on the 1960s television series.

Theatrical propaganda posters

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film spy action comedy TV

Persons of interest

  • Eddie Murphy .... Kelly Robinson
  • Owen Wilson .... Alexander Scott
  • Famke Janssen .... Rachel
  • Malcolm McDowell .... Gundars
  • Gary Cole .... Carlos
  • Viv Leacock .... TJ
  • Phill Lewis .... Jerry
  • Darren Shahlavi .... Cedric Mills
  • Blake Lirette .... The Blade
  • Cormac Wibberley .... Storywriter
  • Marianne Wibberley .... Storywriter
  • Ronald Bass .... Screenwriter
  • Robert Harling .... Screenwriter
  • David Ronn .... Screenwriter
  • Jay Scherick .... Screenwriter
  • Cormac Wibberley .... Screenwriter
  • Marianne Wibberley .... Screenwriter
  • Betty Thomas .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

I'm too young to remember the TV series (even taking into account the endless retro repeats) but from watching the movie version of I spy I get the impression that it's nothing like the original. What they have delivered is a standard spy spoof movie of the new millennium. Like xXx but without a major star: Eddie Murphy's star is slipping slowly toward sunset while Owen Wilson's has never quite reached ascendancy but together they make up an entertaining (if annoying) mis-matched comedy buddy duo. There are guns, shooting, blowing up, chasing, running, gadgets and all those other good spy things.

Media intelligence (DVD)

  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
  • Languages: Czech, English, Hungarian, Russian
  • Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1/16:9 enhanced)
  • Special features:
    • Biographies: Talent profiles
    • Commentaries: Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping (Producer), Peter Teschner (Editor), Jay Scherick, David Ronn
    • Featurettes:
      • Cloak and camouflage
      • Gadgets and gizmos
      • Schematics and blueprints
      • The slugfest
    • Picture disc
    • Trailers: Movie, bonus
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Captions, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish

Security censorship classification

M (Low level violence)

Surveillance time

97 minutes (1:37 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 30 January 2003
DVD rental: 11 June 2003
VHS rental: 11 June 2003

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