The Avengers

The Avengers (1998)

She's Peel. He's Steed. Their world is a dangerous place. And they love it.

British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.

Date of release
1998-08-13
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (820)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction, Comedy
Director
Jeremiah S. Chechik

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $54.7M
  • Budget: $60M
  • Earned 0.9× its budget
  • Filmed in: Lloyd's building

The Avengers is a 1998 American spy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, an adaptation of the 1961–1969 British television series of the same name. It stars Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman as secret agents John Steed and Emma Peel, and Sean Connery as Sir August de Wynter, a mad scientist bent on controlling the world's weather. Patrick Macnee, Steed in the original series, makes a vocal cameo as the voice of Invisible Jones.

Production

Producer Jerry Weintraub had acquired the entirety of the Thorn EMI library including The Avengers in the mid 1980s. Weintraub subsequently sold most of the Thorn EMI properties such as Thunderbirds, The Prisoner, and The Persuaders! to PolyGram but held onto The Avengers as he felt it had potential. Don Macpherson's screenplay took inspiration from William Shakespeare's The Tempest for the weather machine based plot.

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