Men in Black
Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as "men in black", secret agents who monitor and police extraterrestrials. The film is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on a script by Ed Solomon, that adapts the Aircel Comics series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham. In the film, Agent K (Jones) and Agent J (Smith) investigate a series of seemingly unrelated criminal incidents related to the extraterrestrials who live in secret on Earth. Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Rip Torn also appear in supporting roles.
Plot
In 1961, the Men in Black (MiB) organization is founded after secretly making first contact with extraterrestrials. Ever since, they established Earth as a politically neutral zone for alien refugees who live in secret among humanity, monitor and police their actions, and utilize memory-erasing neuralyzer devices to maintain secrecy.
Awards
Cast
- Al Roker
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Becky Ann Baker
- Carel Struycken
- Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
- Danny DeVito
- David Cross
- Debbie Lee Carrington
- Dionne Warwick
- Fredric Lehne
- George Lucas
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Jon Gries
- Linda Fiorentino
- Michael Willis
- Patrick Breen
- Rip Torn
- Sean Whalen
- Sergio Calderón
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan
- Steve Rankin
- Steven Spielberg
- Sylvester Stallone
- Tim Blaney
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Tony Shalhoub
- Verne Troyer
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Will Smith
- Willie C. Carpenter