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Men in Black
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
1997 · Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · 98 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.
Plot
In the mid-1950s, the Men in Black (MIB) organization was founded. After secretly making first contact with extraterrestrials in 1961, this small, albeit underfunded government agency becomes fully independent and secret. The MIB designates Earth as a neutral zone for alien refugees who live in secret among humans. Agents monitor alien activity and use memory-erasing neuralyzer devices to maintain secrecy.
In 1997, MIB agents K and D disrupt a border patrol operation at the Mexico–United States border to capture a disguised alien. When it becomes violent, K dispatches it and neuralyzes the patrol officers. D, feeling too old to continue, asks K to neuralyze him so he can retire.
Soon after, NYPD officer James Darrell Edwards III apprehends a suspect, unaware that he is an alien; he warns of a coming threat before committing suicide. K, impressed by James' performance, recruits him into the MIB. After completing a series of tests, James becomes Agent J and his previous identity is erased from public records.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Ed Solomon
- Cinematography: Donald Peterman
- Edited by: Jim Miller
- Music: Danny Elfman
- Production design: Bo Welch
- Produced by: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones as Kay
- Will Smith as Jay
- Linda Fiorentino as Laurel
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar
- Rip Torn as Zed
- Tony Shalhoub as Jeebs
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Beatrice
- Mike Nussbaum as Gentle Rosenburg
- Jon Gries as Van Driver
- Sergio Calderón as Jose
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Parkes+MacDonald Production
- Budget: $90,000,000
- Box office: $589,390,539
- Themes: new york city, cannon, space marine, flying saucer, undercover, secret identity, superhero, deportation, illegal immigration, new identity
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