He loved gold so much he even lost his genitalia in an unfortunate smelting accident. Hence the name... Goldmember.
10 seconds sound clip from the Austin Powers in Goldmember movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:08:36 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Whoa!
- I'm really excited to be part of the team here at HTA.
- Very impressive, Number Two, but I finally have the perfect plan.
- In the '70s, there lived a Dutch metallurgical hedonist by the name of Johann van der Smut.
- He invented a cold-fusion power unit for a tractor beam.
- Powerful enough to pull a meteor to Earth.
- The meteor was called Midas 22.
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