Austin Powers - Movie Script and Activity Guide
(16' 20''-19' 50'')
The objective of this Movie Script and Activity Guide is to implement some of the ideas outlined by
Tonia Chapkro in her toolbox training seminar. Also, it helps consolidate a number of expressions
usually heard at meetings by enhancing listening and role-playing. It can be used at Pre-Intermediate
Level or Intermediate Level.
Warm up
1) Play the movie without subtitles once.
2) Distribute a deck of 15 flashcards (Chart A) per student. Print it in color paper if
possible. In classes made up of 2 students you may use only one deck and
encourage teamwork!
3) Play the film again and ask the students to put the card in order as they hear
them. You may want to play the film twice or more, so that Students are able to
find the right order. Don’t give them the answer yet.
Chart A
down to
business
work to do
for the first
time
gathered
here
Moving on
In addition to Call an
ambulance
up in value
his
trademark
any
investment
and
introduce
everyone.
the
legitimate
face
leaps and
bounds
cable
companies
my number
two man.
Down to Business
1) Leave first deck on the table, face up.
2) Now that the Students are familiar with the words you may produce the deck
formed by flashcards in chart B.
3) Without watching the film again, invite the students to put this new deck in
order. Watch them try to remember but don’t help them.
4) Once they finish, ask them to read the script to see if they were right. They may
want to act the parts.
Chart B
let's get down We've got a
to business
lot of work
to do
In addition to
our cable
holdings, we
own a steel
mill in
Cleveland.
Let me go
around the
table and
introduce
everyone.
Some of you
I know, some
of you I'm
meeting for
the first time
We also own Some …
the Franklin have gone up
mint
in value
You've all
been
gathered
here to
form…
as much as
two-hundred
and forty
percent,
Moving on
As with any
investment,
there is some
risk involved.
Finally, I
come to my
number two
man.
For thirty
Over the last We own cable
years,
thirty years,
companies in
Number Two Virtucon has thirty-eight
has run
grown by
states
Virtucon, the leaps and
legitimate face bounds
of my evil
empire
…………………………………………………………………………………
The Script
DR. EVIL Gentlemen, let's get down to business.
We've got a lot of work to do.
MUSTAFA Someone help me! I'm still alive, only
I'm very badly burned.
DR. EVIL Some of you I know, some of you I'm
meeting for the first time.
MUSTAFA Hello up there! Anyone! Can someone
call an ambulance? I'm in quite a lot of pain.
DR. EVIL You've all been gathered here to form my
Evil Cabinet. Excuse me.
MUSTAFA If somebody can open the retrieval hatch
down here, I could get out. See, I designed this
device myself and...oh, hi! Good, I'm glad you found
me. Listen, I'm very badly burned, so if you could
just…
MUSTAFA Ow! You shot me!
DR. EVIL Right. Okay. Moving on.
MUSTAFA You shot me right in the arm! Why
did…
DR. EVIL Let me go around the table and introduce
everyone. Frau Farbissina...
DR. EVIL
...founder of the militant wing of the Salvation Army.
Random Task...
DR. EVIL ...a Korean ex-wrestler, evil handyman
extraordinaire. Show them what you do.
DR. EVIL Thank you, Random Task. Patty
O'Brien...
DR. EVIL ...ex-Irish assassin. His trademark?
DR. EVIL A superstitious man, he leaves a tiny
keepsake on every victim he kills. Scotland Yard
would love to get their hands on that piece of
evidence.
PATTY O'BRIEN Yes, they're always after me
lucky charms!
PATTY O'BRIEN What? What? Why does
everyone always laugh when I say that? They are
after me lucky charms.
PATTY O'BRIEN What?
FRAU FARBISSINA It's a television commercial
with this little cartoon Leprechaun who is a
benevolent imp who is very concerned that these
children will steal his lucky charms which are
foodstuffs fashioned into various shapes&emdash;
hearts, moons, clovers, what have you...It's a long
story.
DR. EVIL Finally, I come to my number two man.
His name: Number Two.
DR. EVIL For thirty years, Number Two has run
Virtucon, the legitimate face of my evil empire.
NUMBER TWO Over the last thirty years, Virtucon
has grown by leaps and bounds. About fifteen years
ago, we changed from volatile chemicals to the
communication industry. We own cable companies
in thirty-eight states.
NUMBER TWO In addition to our cable holdings,
we own a steel mill in Cleveland.
NUMBER TWO Shipping in Texas.
NUMBER TWO Oil refineries in Seattle.
NUMBER TWO And a factory in Chicago that
makes miniature models of factories.
NUMBER TWO We also own the Franklin mint,
which makes decorative hand-painted theme plates
for collectors. Some plates, like the Gone With
TheWind series, have gone up in value as much as
two-hundred and forty percent, but, as with any
investment, there is some risk involved.
Transfer to experience
1) Photocopy Chart C and invite Students to hold a meeting with your classmates
where they use all the expressions based on real facts connected with their
company.
2) Monitor the use of language and the adequacy of expressions used.
3) Close the activity by inviting the Students to take the card or cards they may use
in the next meeting as souvenirs and encourage them to use the expressions in a
real situation.
Chart C
let's get down
to business
We've got a Some of you I
lot of work to know, some of
do
You've all been
Moving on…
gathered here to …
you I'm meeting
for the first time
In addition to our We also own … Some … have
as much as
with any (type)
…, we own ….
…..percent,
investment, there
gone up in value
is some risk
involved.
Let me go
Finally, … my
For …years, (a
Over the last …
We own (how
around the table
number two
person) has run
years (the
many)… in
and introduce
man.
(a company),
company) has
(where)
everyone.
grown/declined
…………………………………………………………………………………
Additional Activities for the restless and demanding:
1) Encourage Students to play “Please Take the Floor” from Business
Communication Games by Angela Lloyd and Anne Preier, OUP 1996.
(available at Brooklyn Bridge Library)
2) Go interactive and invite Students to read the real movie script by Mike Myers
at: www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Austin_Powers_IMM.html
3) Ask Students to read the script (say, first ten pages) to highlight any other
business vocabulary and prepare more flashcards to play.
4) Teachers as well as Students are expected to provide me with feedback on this
activity to the following e-mail address: marielgrimoldi@ciudad.com.ar. All
comments are welcome!
Contributed by Mariel Grimoldi, 2007
AUSTIN POWERS - Script
DR. EVIL
Gentlemen, let's get down to business.
More muffled SCREAMS.
DR. EVIL
We've got a lot of work to do.
MUSTAFA (O.S.)
(muffled)
Someone help me! I'm still alive,
only I'm very badly burned.
DR. EVIL
(slightly distracted)
Some of you I know, some of you I'm
meeting for the first time.
MUSTAFA (O.S.)
(muffled)
Hello up there! Anyone! Can someone
call an ambulance? I'm in quite a
lot of pain.
DR. EVIL
(very frustrated)
You've all been gathered here to
form my Evil Cabinet. Excuse me.
He picks up a white phone and MURMURS into it.
MUSTAFA (O.S.)
(muffled)
If somebody can open the retrieval
hatch down here, I could get out.
See, I designed this device myself
and...oh, hi! Good, I'm glad you
found me. Listen, I'm very badly
burned, so if you could just&emdash;
SFX: Muffled Gunshot
MUSTAFA (O.S.)
(muffled)
Ow! You shot me!
DR. EVIL
Right. Okay. Moving on.
MUSTAFA (O.S.)
(muffled)
You shot me right in the arm! Why
did&emdash; SFX: Muffled Gunshot.
Dr. Evil waits. Nothing.
DR. EVIL
Let me go around the table and
introduce everyone. Frau
Farbissina...
ANGLE ON FRAU FARBISSINA
DR. EVIL
...founder of the militant wing of
the Salvation Army. Random Task...
RANDOM TASK is a large Korean man in a butler's uniform.
DR. EVIL
...a Korean ex-wrestler, evil handyman
extraordinaire. Show them what you
do.
He stands up, bows, then takes off his shoe and THROWS it.
It knocks the head off a sculpture across the room.
DR. EVIL
Thank you, Random Task. Patty
O'Brien...
PATTY O'BRIEN, a small, wiry Irishman with fiery eyes.
DR. EVIL
...ex-Irish assassin. His trademark?
Around PATTY O'BRIENS WRIST is a charm bracelet.
DR. EVIL
A superstitious man, he leaves a
tiny keepsake on every victim he
kills. Scotland Yard would love to
get their hands on that piece of
evidence.
PATTY O'BRIEN
(heavy Irish accent)
Yes, they're always after me lucky
charms!
Everyone in the room tries to keep a straight face.
PATTY O'BRIEN
What? What? Why does everyone always
laugh when I say that? They are
after me lucky charms.
They cannot contain their LAUGHTER.
PATTY O'BRIEN
(angry)
What?
FRAU FARBISSINA
(through suppressed
laughter)
It's a television commercial with
this little cartoon Leprechaun who
is a benevolent imp who is very
concerned that these children will
steal his lucky charms which are
foodstuffs fashioned into various
shapes&emdash; hearts, moons, clovers,
what have you...
(pause)
It's a long story.
DR. EVIL
Finally, I come to my number two
man. His name: Number Two.
NUMBER TWO, a good-looking 40-year-old man with an eye-patch.
DR. EVIL
For thirty years, Number Two has run
Virtucon, the legitimate face of my
evil empire.
He hits a button. The conference table slowly rotates to
reveal a large, illuminated map of the United States dotted
by various miniature models.
NUMBER TWO
Over the last thirty years, Virtucon
has grown by leaps and bounds. About
fifteen years ago, we changed from
volatile chemicals to the
communication industry. We own cable
companies in thirty-eight states.
The thirty-eight states illuminate on the map.
NUMBER TWO
In addition to our cable holdings,
we own a steel mill in Cleveland.
A steel mill miniature illuminates in Cleveland.
NUMBER TWO
Shipping in Texas.
A ship off the coast of Texas illuminates.
NUMBER TWO
Oil refineries in Seattle.
An oil refinery illuminates in Seattle.
NUMBER TWO
And a factory in Chicago that makes
miniature models of factories.
The miniature model factory lights up in Chicago.
NUMBER TWO
We also own the Franklin mint, which
makes decorative hand-painted theme
plates for collectors.
(holds up plate)
Some plates, like the Gone With The
Wind series, have gone up in value
as much as two-hundred and forty
percent, but, as with any investment,
there is some risk involved.
DR. EVIL
Gentlemen, I have a plan. It's called
blackmail. The Royal Family of
Britain are the wealthiest landowners
in the world. Either the Royal Family
pays us an exorbitant amount of money,
or we make it look like Prince
Charles, the heir to the throne, has
had an affair outside of marriage
and, therefore, they would have to
divorce.
There is an uncomfortable silence.
NUMBER TWO
Um, Dr. Evil, Prince Charles did
have an affair. He admitted it, and
they are now divorced, actually.
DR. EVIL
People have to tell me these things.
I've been frozen for thirty years,
throw me a bone here.
(pausing)
OK, no problem. Here's my second
plan. Back in the Sixties I had a
weather changing machine that was in
essence a sophisticated heat beam
which we called a "laser." Using
this laser, we punch a hole in the
protective layer around
the Earth, which we scientists call the "Ozone Layer." Slowly
but surely, ultraviolet rays would pour in, increasing the
risk of skin cancer. That is, unless the world pays us a
hefty ransom.
There is another uncomfortable silence.
NUMBER TWO
Umm, that also has already happened.
DR. EVIL
Right.
(pause)
Oh, hell, let's just do what we always
do. Let's hijack some nuclear weapons
and hold the world hostage.
(pause)
Gentlemen, it's come to my attention
that a breakaway Russian Republic
called Kreplachistan will be
transferring a nuclear warhead to
the United Nations in a few days.
Here's the plan. We get the warhead,
and we hold the world ransom...
(dramatic pause)
...FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
There is an uncomfortable pause.
NUMBER TWO
Don't you think we should ask for
more than a million dollars? A
million dollars isn't that much money
these days.
DR. EVIL
All right then...
(dramatic pause)
...FIVE MILLION DOLLARS!
There is another uncomfortable pause.
NUMBER TWO
Virtucon alone makes over nine billion
dollars a year.
DR. EVIL
(pleasantly surprised)
Oh, really?
(slightly irritated)
One-hundred billion dollars.
(pause)
OK, make it happen. Anything else?