The Avengers

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Overview

Jeremiah Chechick directed this $60 million adaptation of the whimsical 1961 British TV spy series, imported to the United States five years later for ABC airing (beginning 3/28/66), followed by The New Avengers (CBS, 1978-79). In the feature-length version, secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) face a meteorological menace as they track sinister super-villain Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), threatening to blitz Britain with blizzards and other extreme weather. Vocal cameo by Patrick Macnee (the original TV Steed).

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2010
UPC:	0883929159529
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	25,524

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ralph Fiennes	John Steed
Uma Thurman	Emma Peel
Sean Connery	Sir August De Wynter
Eileen Atkins	Alice
Eddie Izzard	Bailey
Fiona Shaw	Father
Jim Broadbent	Mother
Patrick Macnee	Col. Jones
Carmen Ejogo	Brenda
Keeley Hawes	Tamara
Shaun Ryder	Donavan
Nicholas Woodeson	Dr. Darling
Michael Godley	Butler
Richard Lumsden	Boodle's Porter
Daniel Crowder	Messenger
Nadim Sawalha	World Council of Ministers
Christopher Godwin	World Council of Ministers
David Webber	World Council of Ministers
John Wood	Tribshaw
Chris Elliott	Conductor
Joel McNeely	Composer

Technical Credits

Don MacPherson

Don MacPherson	Screenwriter
Jerry Weintraub	Producer
Mark Boyle	Stunts
Nick Davis	Special Effects
Susan Ekins	Executive Producer
Susie Figgis	Casting
Joss Williams	Special Effects
Clive Winter	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Avengers
1. The Avengers [3:01]
2. Always An Enemy [3:07]
3. By the Rules [2:35]
4. Teammate/Suspect [3:29]
5. Touche! [1:59]
6. Weather On Brain [2:10]
7. Wet Social Call [5:14]
8. All-Weather Booth [2:18]
9. Women Like Her [1:50]
10. Two Bears Down [4:48]
11. Silly Thing to Do [2:07]
12. Seeing Double [1:14]
13. Clock is Ticking [1:59]
14. Just His Type [3:16]
15. Bugs Sent By Thugs [4:29]
16. Exterior Maze [2:47]
17. Say Please [3:01]
18. Interior Maze [2:34]
19. Under Arrest [2:58]
20. Father Found Out [3:40]
21. Winter/Discontent [3:00]
22. Not Mother's Day [1:05]
23. Hopes Deflated [3:14]
24. Technically a Kiss [2:31]
25. Entering Prospero [3:58]
26. High-Wire Act [3:34]
27. Gentlemen's Duel [2:52]
28. Lightening Rod [1:01]
29. Auto-Destruct [2:17]
30. Job Well Done [1:44]
31. End Credits [5:13]

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Ralph Fiennes - John Steed
Uma Thurman - Emma Peel
Sean Connery - Sir August De Wynter
Jim Broadbent - Mother
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Written By Don MacPherson
Based On the TV Series "The Avengers"
Produced By Jerry Weintraub
Directed By Jeremiah Chechik
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"Avengers" The TV Series
Patrick Macnee
Diana Rigg
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Editorial Reviews

Universally hated upon its release, The Avengers, Jeremiah Chechick's big-screen adaptation of the cult-classic British television series, is not as much of a disaster as audiences have been led to believe. Many of the points for which the very expensive and very low-grossing film was originally criticized are true. The film's plot, which finds our spy heroes trying to stop evildoers who wish to control the world's weather, is too downright silly to be as complicated and be taken as seriously as the film treats it. Uma Thurman, while having the perfect lean, mean body to fill Emma Peel's famous cat suit, has a shaky British accent that tends to come and go from scene to scene. Sean Connery, as the brilliantly named villain Sir August de Wynter, seems to be having the time of his life running around wearing a kilt and shouting out every line of dialogue he has. The film, however, moves along during its brisk 89 minutes at such a haywire, roller-coaster pace that it often fails to give the viewer time to register the madness that is happening onscreen. Beautifully shot by acclaimed cinematographer Roger Pratt and featuring gorgeous mod Swinging-'60s-style costumes by Anthony Powell, The Avengers is a film that is wonderful to simply sit back with, letting yourself be sucked into its ludicrous world. Besides, where else will you see an action-packed chase scene featuring a group of guys dressed in Technicolor teddy bear suits?