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I Spy Returns |
| PRODUCTION NOTES: |
Made-for-television movie. 1994. This movie was produced 25 years after original TV weekly series (I Spy) with Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott and Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson. |
| STORY LINE: |
In the original series, Scott and Robinson were the secret agents, but in this one, Scott’s daughter Nicole and Robinson’s son Ben are the agents. The young agents are sent to Vienna to protect a defecting Russian scientist and his wife, but their fathers follow them there to make sure they don’t get hurt. |
GLOBAL ISSUES & HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MOVIE LOCATIONS:
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OTHER GLOBAL ISSUES IN THE MOVIE:
- International Espionage: Even though this is a post-Cold War movie, the movie storyline involves international espionage. The battle to control access to sensitive information and technology continues.
- The Iraq War: There is a reference to Sadam Hussein in this 1994 movie, produced long before the U.S, made its case to invade Iraq in 2003.
- Tourism: Vienna is depicted as an historic, romantic and cosmopolitan place attracting tourists from around the world.
- Multi-national Collaboration: The U.S. producers of I Spy Returns secured the cooperation of the City of Vienna, and financial support from the Vienna Film Financing Fund. They worked with two German-Austrian production companies [FILM-LINE GmbH; Neue Studio Film GmbH].
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