Movie Description
In the 1950s a super-secret government agency was formed to monitor and police the activities of extraterrestrial aliens on the planet Earth. Some 40 years later a founding father of the agency, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), finds himself with a new smart-mouthed partner fresh from the NYPD who is soon dubbed Agent Jay (Will Smith). Their first mission is to save the Earth from destruction by a giant insectlike alien (Vincent D'Onfrio) that, incidentally, drives an exterminator's truck. Armed with their matching Ray-Bans, skinny ties, and space-age weapons that Jay barely understands--he calls the Neuralyzer the "flashy thing"--the new duo begin another average day of fighting intergalactic terrorists. An amazingly hip and terribly clever movie that riffs on everything from E.T.--THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL to CASABLANCA, this Barry Sonnenfeld film is based on the equally savvy comic book by Lowell Cunningham.
| Credits | | Producer: | Laurie MacDonald, Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes | | Cast: | Bernard Gilkey, Fredric Lane, Jonathan Gries, Michael Willis, Richard Hamilton, Rip Torn, Sean Whalen, Siobhan Fallon, Will Smith |
| Details | | Edition: | 2-Disc Deluxe Edition | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
2-Disc Set
Disc One:
Widescreen
Full Screen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
Additional Release Material:
Commentaries - 1. Audio
2. Visual
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Disc Two:
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers 1. Theatrical
2. MIB II Teaser
Featurettes - 1. SECRET FILES: SNEAK PEEK AT MIB II
2. MEN IN BLACK Documentary
Extended and Alternate Scenes
Music Video - 1. MEN IN BLACK - Will Smith & Mikey
Storyboard Comparisons
Scene Editing Workshop
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Conceptual Art Gallery
DVD-Rom Features:
Web Links, Filmed in New York City and in studio (Culver City, CA).
Estimated budget: $90 million.
The film grossed more than $250 million at the domestic box office and nearly $600 million worldwide.
Editorial Reviews
"...The out-there premise is irresistible.... Effects master Rick Baker whips up a swell array of oddball creatures great, small and just plain strange..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Susan Wloszczyna
"...Dryly clever....Extraordinarily ambitious, with all-star design and special-effects talent and a genuinely artful visual style..."
New York Times - p.C9 - Janet Maslin (07/01/1997)
"...Wised-up and offhandedly funny....Barry Sonnenfeld is an excellent director for this point of view, and MEN IN BLACK is a blend of the strengths of his previous films..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (07/01/1997)
"...The movie makes good use of a lot of New York landmarks....[The film] deflates one sci-fi pomposity after another..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/01/1997)
Awards
1997Academy AwardsBest MakeupRick Baker
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