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Men in Black (1997)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
John Alexander Mikey
Paul Berg Puppeteer
Bill Bryan Puppeteer
Vincent D'Onofrio Edgar
Mike Elizalde Puppeteer
Kent Faulcon 1st Lt. Jake Jensen
Linda Fiorentino Laurel
Tommy Lee Jones K
Mike Nussbaum Gentle Rosenburg the Arquillian Jeweler
Tony Shalhoub Jeebs
Will Smith J
Carel Struycken Arquillian
Rip Torn Zed
Movie Details
Genre Action; Comedy; Science-Fiction
Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Producer Laurie MacDonald; Walter Parkes
Writer Ed Solomon
Studio Columbia TriStar
Series Collector's Series
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 98 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.8
Plot
Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe

For his fifth effort as a feature-film director, one-time cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld brought his cartoonish visual style and darkly humorous sensibilities to this adaptation of, appropriately enough, a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi comic book. Will Smith stars as James Darrel Edwards, a New York City cop with an athletic physique and a flippant, anti-authoritarian attitude toward law enforcement. After chasing down a mysterious perpetrator one night who turns out to be an alien, James is recruited by "K" (Tommy Lee Jones), a veteran of a clandestine government agency secretly policing the comings and goings of aliens on planet Earth. Nicknamed the "men in black" for their nondescript uniform of black suit, shoes, tie, and sunglasses, the agents are assigned to recover a bauble that's been stolen by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio). It seems the item is none other than the galaxy itself, and its theft has plunged humanity into the center of what's shaping up to become an interstellar war, unless K and his new wisecracking partner, now renamed "J," can stop the bad guy. On their side but somewhat in the dark is a pretty, unflappable city medical examiner (Linda Fiorentino) who has been zapped one too many times by K's ingenious memory-sapping device. Men in Black was a box office smash, inspiring an animated children's television series and a hit soundtrack album that featured a performance by star (and rapper) Smith. — Karl Williams
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 102
Collection Status In Collection
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Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 043396826595
Chapters 27
Release Date 9/5/2000
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby
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