Men in Black (film)

Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Aircel Comics. The film featured the creature animation of Rick Baker. The movie was a hit, grossing over USD $250 million in the US and over $589 million worldwide. It was followed by a sequel, Men in Black II, in 2002.

The official Men in Black game is a third-person shooter developed by Gremlin Interactive and released to lackluster reviews in October '97 for the PC and the following year for the PlayStation. Men in Black: The Animated Series was created by Sony Pictures Television, and also inspired several games. Men in Black was the inspiration behind the Men in Black: Alien Attack ride at Universal Studios Orlando, in which Will Smith and Rip Torn reprised their roles.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Produced by Steven Spielberg
Laurie MacDonald
Walter F. Parkes
Written by Comic Book:
Lowell Cunningham
Screenplay & Story:
Ed Solomon

Cast
Tommy Lee Jones - Agent K (Kay)

Will Smith - James Edwards / Agent J (Jay) / "Slick"

Linda Fiorentino - Dr. Laurel Weaver / Agent L (Elle)

Vincent D'Onofrio - Edgar

Rip Torn - Chief Zed

Tony Shalhoub - Jack Jeebs

Siobhan Fallon - Beatrice, Edgar's Wife
Mike Nussbaum - Gentle Rosenburg the Arquillian Jeweler

Jon Gries - Nick the Van Driver

Sergio Calderón - Jose

Carel Struycken - Arquillian

Fredric Lehne - INS Agent Janus (as Fredric Lane)
Richard Hamilton - Agent D (K's first Partner)

Kent Faulcon - 1st Lt. Jake Jensen
John Alexander - Mikey

Keith Campbell - Perp
Ken Thorley - Zap-Em Exterminator
Patrick Breen - Reggie Redgick
Becky Ann Baker - Mrs. Redgick

Sean Whalen - Passport Officer
Harsh Nayyar - Manny the News Vendor

Michael Willis - Cop in Morgue
Willie C. Carpenter - Police Inspector

Peter Linari - Tow Truck Driver

David Cross - Newton the Morgue Attendant
Charles C. Stevenson Jr-. Agent B
Boris Leskin - Cook
Steve Rankin - INS Agent
Andy Prosky - INS Agent
Michael Goldfinger - NYPD Sergeant at Edwards ' Interrogation
Alpheus Merchant - Security Guard
Norma Jean Groh - Mrs. Irma Edelson, Edwards' Alien Teacher
Bernard Gilkey - Baseball Player
Sean Plummer - First Contact Alien

Michael Kaliski - First Contact Alien
Richard Arthur - 2nd First Contact Alien

Debbie Lee Carrington - Alien Father

Verne Troyer - Alien Son
Mykal Wayne Williams - Scared Guy
Tim Blaney - Frank the Pug (voice)
Mark Setrakian - Rosenberg Alien (voice)
Brad Abrell - Worm Guy (voice)
Thom Fountain - Worm Guy (voice)
Carl J. Johnson - Worm Guy (voice)
Drew Massey - Worm Guy (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Newman - Multiple Aliens (voice)
John Darrah - Army Officer

Karen Lynn Gorney - Announcer

Adrian Lee - Wall Street Broker
Stephanie Paliferro - INS Agent
Joe Paparone - Police Inspector
James Rosin - Wall Street businessman
Eliot Sash - Police officer #4
Chloe Sonnenfeld - Alien on TV Monitors

Plot

The MIB, a top-secret agency that polices, monitors and directs alien activity on Earth, has established the Earth as an apolitical "neutral zone". MIB agents have no identity or any public record of existence, and the MIB agency answers to no government. The funding for their agency comes from the patents they own on technology confiscated from aliens, such as velcro, microwave ovens, and liposuction. Any memory of MIB activity upon "mustering out" of the MIB is erased and a new identity is created for the departing agent. Into this strange world is ushered the initially skeptical James Edwards (Will Smith), an NYPD officer, as he becomes Agent J, one of the newest MIB personnel. Tommy Lee Jones plays K, a senior MIB agent who recruits and guides J as he learns the ropes.

MIB agents wear sunglasses and dark suits, and appear at UFO landing sites, similar to paranormal reports of real-world Men in Black. Instead of intimidating or threatening witnesses, the MIB use devices known as Neuralizers to wipe their memories and suggest more mundane causes to the encounter (to the amazement of Agent J, such explanations are uniformly and horribly bland). Neuralizers are typically the size and shape of an oversized pen (although a giant version is seen in the second movie, hidden in the Statue of Liberty's torch), and can be set to erase memories as far back as several decades. Neuralizers are also used on agents who leave the organization for any reason. The MIB's sunglasses protect them from the effects of the Neuralizer.

The main conflict of the film is as follows: A Bug (member of an alien species that similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) is trying to steal a tiny galaxy, which is later revealed to be secretly contained in an ornament hanging from the neck of Orion, a cat who belongs to a member of the royal family of another planet. The government of this planet, Arquil, is willing to have the Earth destroyed rather than let this galaxy fall into the hands of the Bugs. During their mission, the agents investigate a morgue where they meet Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), a cynical, dryly funny deputy medical examiner. Eventually, the Galaxy is recovered, the Bug is exterminated, and K asks J to erase his memory so that he can retire. Dr. Weaver then becomes J's new partner, L.

In the final scene of the film the camera pulls back into the sky and continues to pull-back through space past our solar system, past millions of stars, ultimately revealing that our galaxy is contained within a circular container resembling a marble. The container is then picked up by an alien hand which throws it, hitting another 'marble' which also contains a galaxy. Both marbles are then picked up by the hand and placed into a bag full of galaxy-containing marbles. This ending suggests that our entire galaxy exists in an alien child's toy - similar to the way the alien galaxy the agents were attempting to recover was contained in the cat's necklace.

Track listing: Original score

Two different soundtracks were released in the US: a score soundtrack and an album, featuring various songs. In the UK only the album was released, but the score is readily available for import.
"M. I. B. Main Theme"
"D's Memories / Chase"
"Edgar's Truck / A New Man"
"Imports / Quiet Moment"
"J Contemplates"
"Headquarters"
"The Suit"
"Morgue Time"
"Petit Mort"
"K Reminisces"
"Orion's Belt / Cat Stinger"
"Noisy Cricket / Impending Trouble"
"Sexy Morgue Babe / Icon"
"Promised Land / Tunnel ride"
"Take Off / Crash"
"Finale"
"M. I. B. Closing Theme"

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