Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tommy Lee Jones
Kay
Will Smith
Jay
Linda Fiorentino
Laurel
Vincent D'Onofrio
Edgar
Rip Torn
Zed
Tony Shalhoub
Jeebs
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Beatrice
Mike Nussbaum
Gentle Rosenburg
Jon Gries
Van Driver
Sergio Calderón
Jose
Carel Struycken
Arquillian
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director
Fredric Lehne
INS agent Janus
Richard Hamilton
Agent D
Lowell Cunningham
Writer
Kent Faulcon
2nd Lt. Jake Jensen
Ed Solomon
Writer
Laurie MacDonald
Producer
John Alexander
Mikey
Keith Campbell
Perp
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Danny Elfman
Composer
Ken Thorley
Zap-Em Man
Donald Peterman
Cinematographer
Patrick Breen
Mr. Redgick
Jim Miller
Editor
Becky Ann Baker
Mrs. Redgick
David Rubin
CastingDirector
Sean Whalen
Passport Officer
Harsh Nayyar
News Vendor
Debra Zane
CastingDirector
Michael Willis
Cop in Morgue
Bo Welch
ProductionDesigner
Willie C. Carpenter
Police Inspector
Peter Linari
Tow Truck Driver
David Cross
Morgue Attendant
Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
MIB Agent Bee
Boris Leskin
Cook
Steve Rankin
INS Agent
Andy Prosky
INS Agent
Michael Goldfinger
NYPD sergeant
Alpheus Merchant
Security Guard
Norma Jean Groh
Mrs. Edelson
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)
Christina Benitan
On-Air Reporter (uncredited)
Danny DeVito
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
John Elsen
NYPD Sergeant (uncredited)
Karen Lynn Gorney
Announcer (uncredited)
Adrian Lee
Wall Street Broker (uncredited)
George Lucas
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Patricia McPherson
Spouse K (uncredited)
Newt Gingrich
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Isaac Mizrahi
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Fred Newman
Aliens (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Paparone
Police Inspector (uncredited)
Tony Robbins
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Al Roker
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Eliot Sash
Police Officer #4 (uncredited)
Marshal Silverman
Special Tech (uncredited)
Sylvester Stallone
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Chloe Sonnenfeld
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) / Executive Producer
Dionne Warwick
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Set Designer
John Cameron
First Assistant Director
Eugene Gearty
Sound Effects Designer
Cheryl Carasik
Set Decoration
Florian Ballhaus
Camera Operator
Tom Duffield
Art Direction
Ken Schretzmann
Assistant Editor
Steve Lucescu
Transportation Co-Captain
Gino Acevedo
Painter
Mary E. Vogt
Costume Design
Katherine James
Makeup Artist
Sean Haworth
Set Designer
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Chesney
Special Effects
Peter Chesney
Special Effects Coordinator
Eric Brevig
Visual Effects Supervisor / Second Unit Director
Deborah Habberstad
Stunts
Jeff Habberstad
Stunts
Debbie Zoller
Makeup Artist
Tim Collins
Grip
David M. Dunlap
Second Unit Cinematographer
Stuart B. Hagen
Second Assistant Director
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Ellen Segal
Music Editor
Alexandra Altrocchi
Visual Effects Coordinator
Brian Smrz
Stunt Coordinator
Mark De Alessandro
Stunts
Chris Shriver
Art Direction
Maggie Morgan
Assistant Costume Designer
Patrick M. Sullivan
Set Designer
Graham Place
Unit Production Manager / Co-Producer
Denise Doyle
Production Assistant
Jacqui Lopez
Visual Effects Producer
Van Ling
Sound Designer
Susan Ringo
Thanks
Steve Bartek
Orchestrator
Stephen St. John
Camera Operator
Steve Reinhardt
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Gene Harrison
Stunt Driver
J. Todd Anderson
Storyboard Artist
Chuck Michael
Sound Designer
Pierce Austin
Hairstylist
Artie Kane
Conductor
Ellen Christiansen
Set Decoration
Mark McKenzie
Orchestrator
Marco Rubeo
Set Designer
Richard Brooks Burton
Aerial Camera
Kam Chan
Foley Editor
Benjamin Cheah
Foley Supervisor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Effects Editor
Marissa Littlefield
Supervising ADR Editor
Todd Milner
Assistant Sound Editor
David Golia
Camera Operator
Tyree Michael Simpson
Production Assistant
Ann Carli
Executive Music Producer
Peter Kuran
Visual Effects
Shawn Murphy
Scoring Mixer
Mai Iskander
Assistant Camera
Scott Maginnis
Assistant Property Master
John Fundus
Boom Operator
John Leonidas
Transportation Captain
Peter Ramsey
Storyboard Artist
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Peter F. Kurland
Production Sound Mixer
Scott P. Murphy
Assistant Art Director
Derek Thompson
Creature Design
Rick Wentworth
Conductor
Denise Ream
Visual Effects Producer
Bruce White
Musician
Christian Zimmermann
Standby Painter
Liz Radley
CG Supervisor
Alyson Silverberg
Extras Casting Coordinator
Christian Clarke
Production Assistant
Jeff Murrell
Chief Lighting Technician
Stracy Diaz
Utility Stunts
Kia Steave-Dickerson
Set Dresser
Sally Stevens
Playback Singer
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Thanks
Matthew Gratzner
Prop Designer
Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist
Matt Rose
Sculptor
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Daniel Fisher
Assistant Property Master
Melinda Sue Gordon
Still Photographer
Dan Bronson
Costume Supervisor
Paul Guyot
Stand In
Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Denny Caira
Transportation Captain
Doug Harlocker
Property Master
Scott Farrar
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pablo Ferro
Title Designer
Jac Rubenstein
Foley Editor
Bob Moore Jr.
Set Costumer
Russell Engels
Gaffer
Mary Bailey
Script Supervisor
Glenfield Payne
Assistant Sound Editor
Kurt E. Soderling
Visual Effects Camera
David Nakabayashi
Visual Effects Art Director
Mitch Devane
Sculptor
Jonathan Harb
Concept Artist
Mike Koz
Assistant Editor
Becky Brake
Assistant Location Manager
Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator
David Manhan
Leadman
Kazu Hiro
Sculptor
Lisa D. DiSanto
Production Assistant
Keith Peterman
Second Unit Cinematographer
Laini Thompson
Makeup Artist
Brent Boates
Storyboard Artist
Robbie Goldstein
Location Manager
John Branagan
Stunts
Gregg Smrz
Stunt Coordinator
Jim McPherson
Sculptor
Timothy Eaton
Visual Effects Editor
Rob Coleman
Animation Supervisor
Gregory W. Smith
Camera Operator
Amy Ness
Production Supervisor
Eddie Yang
Sculptor
Howard London
ADR Mixer
Todd Boyce
CG Animator
Marcia Patten
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carl N. Frederick
Digital Effects Supervisor
Karen Rasch
First Assistant Editor
Chris Soldo
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Steven R. Molen
Associate Producer
David Rowden
Stunts
Tim Norman
Second Assistant Camera
Tyrone S. Walker
Additional Second Assistant Director
Cara Giallanza
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Bobby Mackston
Supervising Dialogue Editor
J. Ellen Evans
Script Supervisor
William T. Jones
Rigging Grip
Gerald Solomon
Hairstylist
Margaret B. Lynch
Visual Effects Coordinator
Virginia G. Hadfield
Key Hair Stylist
Bob Finley III
Gaffer
Richard J. Cook
Digital Effects Producer
Moto Hata
Sculptor
Zoran Veselic
Steadicam Operator
Peter Gelfman
Property Master
Pilar McCurry
Music Supervisor
Benton Jew
Creature Design
John Andrew Berton Jr.
Digital Effects Supervisor
Robert Marinic
Digital Effects Supervisor
Kyle Ross Collinsworth
Special Effects Supervisor
Michael Caracciolo
Camera Operator
Ken Connors
Rigging Gaffer
Martin Lowry
Key Rigging Grip
Jay Peterman
First Assistant Camera
Gerard Sava
First Assistant Camera
Mark Gutterud
First Assistant Camera
Danielle Feller
Set Costumer
Norm MacLeod
Dialogue Editor
Rick Freeman
Sound Effects Editor
John Bartle
Assistant Editor
Michael F. Burke
Best Boy Electric
David H. Kramer
ADR Voice Casting
Donald Murphy
Set Production Assistant
Michael B. Bunch
Construction Foreman
Mauriece Jacks Jr.
Video Assist Operator
Bill Barr
Key Grip
Gabriela Vázquez
Second Assistant Director
Diane Pepper
Hairstylist
John G. McCabe
Special Effects
James Carson
Production Illustrator
Peter A. Mian
Video Assist Operator
Bruce Pross
Foley Mixer
Gail Martin-Sheridan
Production Accountant
Anthony Veader
Hairstylist
Richard Castro
Payroll Accountant
Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer
Jason H. Snell
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Carlo Basail
Greensman
Jamie Kehoe
Craft Service
Jose Fernandez
Sculptor
J.D. Streett
Special Effects
Hank Mayo
Conceptual Design
James Bartolomeo
Second Assistant Camera
Mike Currie
Set Production Assistant
Timothy Metzger
Leadman
Tommy Louie
Cableman
Carl Rydlund
Musician
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Jen Kinavey
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
Jesse Mather
Lighting Technician
Henry Antonacchio
Construction Foreman
T. Sean Ferguson
Second Assistant Director
Colin MacLellan
Production Assistant
Audie Aragon
Dolly Grip
Dennis Radesky
Transportation Co-Captain
Eric M. Metzger
Set Dressing Artist
Dick Dova
Grip
James Frederick
Electrician
Randy Sokol
Location Manager
Carol Neilson
Stunts
Steve Bowerman
Boom Operator
Sam Rohn
Location Scout
Calvin Sterry
Key Grip
Louis J. Porzio
Carpenter
Gregory Dultz
Driver
Travis Huffman
Propmaker
Dana Williams
Production Coordinator
Jeff Pierce
I/O Supervisor
Tammy R. Dickson
Production Assistant
Clifford Happy
Stunt Double
Reginald F. Lake
Chief Lighting Technician
Michael Lee Phillips Jr.
Production Assistant
Paul Plannette
Second Assistant Camera
Tammy L. Smith
Extras Casting
Marjorie K. Chan
Key Costumer
John Lowry
Dolly Grip
Edward W. Lowry
Dolly Grip
Colin Cumberbatch
Assistant Production Coordinator
Don Williams
Musician
Michael Anderson
Best Boy Grip
Daniel E. Teaze
Second Assistant Camera
Oren Marshall
Musician
Brian Fitzsimons
Best Boy Grip
Tommy Boyer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Doug Jones
Negative Cutter
Randolph LeRoi
Stunts
Michael Olague
Gaffer
Peter Hollocker
Production Assistant
Aaron Sims
Sculptor
Eric L. Roberts
Video Assist Operator
Nori Honda
Prosthetics Sculptor
Eric Amundsen
Second Assistant Camera
Louis Katz
Concept Artist
Denise Leibee
Hairstylist
Barry Rosenberg
Hairstylist
Steven Lawrence
Makeup Artist
Dodi Lee Rubenstein
Second Second Assistant Director
Paul Byrne Prenderville
Second Second Assistant Director
James R. Powers
Construction Foreman
Chris Zimmerman
Standby Painter
Thomas Thoms
Cableman
Louise Di Tullio
Musician
Thomas Gilliland
Painter
Ryan Peterson
Sculptor
Joe Heffernan
Special Effects
Roland Loew
Special Effects
Peter A. Renard
Special Effects
Shannon J. Thompson
Special Effects
Jon Thackery
Special Effects
Roderic Duff
Special Effects
Steven Carlton Ficke
Special Effects
Joel P. Blanchard
Special Effects Technician
Christian Eubank
Special Effects Technician
Karl Nettmann
Special Effects
Cristie Miele
Animal Wrangler
Ronald R. Koch Jr.
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Alex Cohn
Assistant Location Manager
Jamie Daddio
Assistant Production Coordinator
George W. Borthwick
Best Boy Grip
Michelle Levi
Casting Assistant
Susan Stolar
Casting Assistant
Joe Facey
Craft Service
Judie Fixler
Extras Casting
Bill Slemmons
Key Grip
Travis Harrod
Production Assistant
Courtney Henley-Anderson
Production Assistant
Randol Perelman-Taylor
Production Assistant
Rebecca Stefan
Production Assistant
George N. Thomas
Production Assistant
Brandon Wainwright
Production Assistant
Missy Barshay
Production Assistant
Tom Just
Production Assistant
Julia Morgan
Production Assistant
Jonathan R. O'Hara
Production Assistant
Steven P. Petyerak
Production Assistant
Stephanie F. Johnson
Production Assistant
Jennifer Reiss
Production Assistant
Ellen M. Hillers
Production Coordinator
Shannon Speaker
Production Secretary
Steve Craft
Second Assistant Camera
David Menapace
Transportation Captain
Carl Assmus
Grip
Bernie Demolski
Grip
Tad Leckman
Visual Effects Production Manager
Erica Kissack
Contact Lens Technician
Donovan C. Howard
Apprentice Sound Editor
Dustin DuPilka
Assistant Foley Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 2, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$90,000,000
Box Office$589,400,000
Filming LocationsSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Queens–Midtown Tunnel · Grand Central Terminal · Liberty State Park · Big Sky Ranch · Shea Stadium · New York City · New Jersey, United States
Genres
Wiki.
Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film based on the comic series by Marvel Comics, which was itself based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Amblin Entertainment and MacDonald Parkes Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Ed Solomon, and is the first installment in the Men in Black franchise. It stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith with Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Rip Torn in supporting roles. In the film, Kevin Brown / Agent K (Jones) and James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J (Smith) investigate a series of seemingly unrelated criminal incidents related to the extraterrestrial lifeforms which live in secret on Earth.
Development for the film began in 1992, after producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald optioned the rights to the comic book series.
Solomon was soon hired to write the screenplay; Sonnenfeld was the preferred directorial choice, which resulted in delays due to his commitments to other film projects and failure to secure any alternative directors. Principal photography began in March 1996 and lasted until that June, with filming primarily taking place in New York City. The film's visual effects were helmed by Industrial Light & Magic. The film's soundtrack contained the theme song of the same name, performed by Smith, as well as a score composed by Danny Elfman.
Men in Black premiered at Pacific's Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on June 25, 1997, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 2. It received critical acclaim for its screenplay, action sequences, and the performances and chemistry of Jones and Smith. The film grossed over $589.4 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 1997 and the ninth-highest-grossing film of the decade. It won for Best Makeup and was also nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score at the 70th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. A sequel was released in 2002, a third film was released in 2012, and a stand-alone spin-off was released in 2019, with Jones and Smith absent.