I Spy (film)
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For other uses, see I Spy (disambiguation)
| I Spy | |
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 Promotional movie poster for I Spy. |
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| Directed by | Betty Thomas |
| Produced by | Warren Carr |
| Written by | Morton Fine |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy Owen Wilson Famke Janssen Malcolm McDowell |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
| Release date(s) | Nov 1, 2002 (premiere) |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70,000,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
I Spy is a 2002 American comedy/action movie based on the I Spy TV series, and it stars Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson.
[edit] Plot summary
Special agent Alex Scott and middleweight world champion Kelly Robinson are reluctantly paired for a dangerous mission to recover the Switchblade, the U.S.A's latest and most technologically sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype spy plane has fallen into the hands of a nefarious arms dealer, Arnold Gundars, who plans to sell it to the highest bidder: a rogue terrorist with access to nuclear warheads. After the U.S. government fails to retrieve the plane through the normal undercover channels, the president asks Robinson to provide civilian cover for agent Scott to find the stealth aircraft before the terrorist transforms it into a delivery system for weapons of mass destruction. Scott needs Robinson to penetrate Gundar's palatial headquarters in Budapest. An avid boxing fan, Gundars is staging a championship bout between the undefeated Robinson (57-0) and the reigning European titleholder. The real contest takes place outside the ring, however, between the cocky Robinson and the put-upon Scott. After a series of near disasters, the two men finally bond in the depths of the Budapest sewer system. Robinson, the womanizer, coaches the shy, insecure Scott in the art of seduction so he can woo Rachel, the beautiful agent who is on assignment with them. In turn, Scott introduces Robinson to the dazzling world of espionage and high-tech spy gadgetry
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first Hollywood movie where Budapest "stars" as Budapest and a great part of the plot takes place there. (Budapest's previous screen appearances include the part of Buenos Aires in Evita (1996), Berlin in Spy Game (2001) and as London, Rome and Berlin again in Munich (2005).)
- The characters from the TV series are reversed in this film version. In the original TV series, Kelly Robinson (not Alexander Scott) was white and the athlete, while Alexander Scott was black and the non-athlete. In both cases, however, the Bill Cosby/Eddie Murphy character was a less experienced spy than the Robert Culp/Owen Wilson character.
- Malcolm McDowell's character's palace is actually the Hungarian Royal Palace, sometimes called Buda Castle, which had been home to generations of Hungarian royalty for centuries.
- When making a reservation at the Hotel Gellert, Owen Wilson's character supposedly speaks in Hungarian; however, his pronunciation is so poor that few if any Hungarians would understand what he is saying.
- There is a scene where the agents are sneaking behind the bad guys using a tracking device. They start in the hotel and get into the bath house. In reality, the hotel and the bath are in the same building.
[edit] External links
- I Spy at the Internet Movie Database
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