Men in Black (film)

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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, and featured the creature animation of Rick Baker.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A secretive agency, originally part of the government but now apparently a private organization ("the government asks too many questions", explains Agent K), allows aliens onto the planet and monitors them while here. The movie follows an NYPD officer (Will Smith) as he becomes a part of MiB, and his first major mission. Tommy Lee Jones plays 'K', a senior MiB agent who guides 'J' (the code-name assigned to Smith) as he learns the ropes.

Representatives of this agency wear sunglasses and dark suits, and appear at UFO landing sites, similar to reported Men In Black. Instead of intimidating or threatening witnesses, the MiB use devices known as Neuralyzers to wipe their memories and suggest more mundane causes to the encounter (or anything else the agents think of). Neuralyzers 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 years. Neuralizers are also used on agents who leave the organization for any reason. The MiB's sunglasses protect them from the effects of the Neuralyzer.

A Bug (an alien species, similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) is trying to steal a tiny galaxy from another alien—whose government is willing to have the earth destroyed rather than let this galaxy fall into the hands of the Bugs. Eventually, the Galaxy is recovered, and K asks J to erase his memory so that he can retire.

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Cast and roles include

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Music

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Miscellaneous

As a play on this shadowy anonymity, movie posters identified the two principal actors simply as "Mr. Jones" and "Mr. Smith," two extremely common surnames in English-speaking countries.

At one point, K shows J a screen following several "identified aliens." They include:

During this scene, Lowell Cunningham, creator of The Men in Black, the original comic book series on which the film is based, can be seen talking to another agent over Tommy Lee Jones' shoulder.

K later tells J that Elvis Presley is an alien, and at the end of the movie J tells L that Dennis Rodman is also an alien (although L comments that it's "not much of a disguise").

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Sequels

An animated television series — Men in Black: The Series — followed, based closely on the style of the movie.

The movie sequel Men in Black II or (M.II.B.) was released in summer 2002, which had the memory of Jones' character restored so he could battle new threats alongside his former partner.

The movie franchise spun off an attraction at Universal Studios Florida titled Men in Black: Alien Attack. Guests enter the MIB headquarters, under the guise of a World's Fair pavillion (the giant saucers from the first film appear in replica overhead). Agent Zed welcomes the new recruits, saying their disguise as tourists was not fooling anyone. Guests board 6 passenger vehicles armed with laser guns for recruit training. Training ends quickly as recruits are sent to hunt down alien convicts who have escaped a prisoner ship that has crashed in the middle of Manhattan. The vehicles themselves tally scores, and the ending of the ride changes depending on the average scores of all the passengers in the vehicle.

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See also

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External links

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  • MIBHQ One of the last large informational pages for the Men In Black franchise concerning the films, animated series, and more. Fan-based.

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