Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
Stiff Upper Lips (2000)
- Dir. Gary Sinyor
Feat. Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Frank Finlay…
- Genuinely cheeky lampoon of the “Merchant–Ivory” costume–drama with Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Frank Finlay and Peter…
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Heather Graham
- Slightly hand–me–down it may be, but gag–for–gag, this extravagant sequel arguably tops the original and seals Austin Powers…
Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver…
- Tim Allen and his cast of a sci–fi TV show are recruited to assist a naive alien race who have modelled their strategies and technologies on…
Games, The (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Bruce Permezel
Feat. John Clarke, Gina Riley, Bryan Dawe
- An exacting TV–satire that paralleled the lead–up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, turning the 'real TV' documentary format on its head…
King of Comedy (Choi kek ji wong) (1999)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Karen Mok
- Hong Kong’s king–of–parody Stephen Chow ironically casts himself as a luckless movie extra who fumbles his way to leading man status…
Manor, The (1999)
- Dir. Ken Berris
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole…
- Comical murder mystery set in a creaky English manor where an investigator searches for the killer of a stable boy, however runs into obstacles when…
Rock Profile (TV Series) (1999-2001)
- Dir. Gareth Carrivick
Feat. Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Jamie Theakston
- The creators of LITTLE BRITAIN satirise the ways of rich rock'n'rollers with a series of parodies of Elton John, George Michael, U2, Tom Jones,…
Mafia! (Jane Austen's Mafia) (1998)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis
- Ever the low–brow, dir. Jim Abrahams (NAKED GUN et al) delivers a fair quota of spoofing lowblows to the goodfella genre, assisted by a gang of…
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York…
- American cat Mike Myers draws on his predilection for British comedy for this spot–on spy movie satire.
He plays both the swinging '60s spy…
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks
- Rik Mayall delivers one of his oily variations in what is only his second feature. As a jaded music manager he decides to have his…