Men in black [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment production ;produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald ; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld ; screenplay, Ed Solomon.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 26385 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2008.Edition: Full screen edDescription: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 2 1/4 inISBN: - 1435920937
- 9781435920934
- MIB, men in black
- Men in black (Motion picture).
- Producers, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald ; director, Barry Sonnenfeld.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | SF/FANT Men in b | Available | 33111008156362 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For his fifth effort as a feature-film director, one-time cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld brought his cartoonish visual style and darkly humorous sensibilities to this adaptation of, appropriately enough, a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi comic book. Will Smith stars as James Darrel Edwards, a New York City cop with an athletic physique and a flippant, anti-authoritarian attitude toward law enforcement. After chasing down a mysterious perpetrator one night who turns out to be an alien, James is recruited by "K" (Tommy Lee Jones), a veteran of a clandestine government agency secretly policing the comings and goings of aliens on planet Earth. Nicknamed the "men in black" for their nondescript uniform of black suit, shoes, tie, and sunglasses, the agents are assigned to recover a bauble that's been stolen by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio). It seems the item is none other than the galaxy itself, and its theft has plunged humanity into the center of what's shaping up to become an interstellar war, unless K and his new wisecracking partner, now renamed "J," can stop the bad guy. On their side but somewhat in the dark is a pretty, unflappable city medical examiner (Linda Fiorentino) who has been zapped one too many times by K's ingenious memory-sapping device. Men in Black was a box office smash, inspiring an animated children's television series and a hit soundtrack album that featured a performance by star (and rapper) Smith. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Based on the Malibu comic by Lowell Cunningham.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Videodisc release of the 1997 motion picture.
Producers, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald ; director, Barry Sonnenfeld.
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn.
New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet.
MPAA rating : PG-13; for language and sci-fi violence.
DVD; Dolby.
Region 1, Full screen (1.33:1) presentation; stereo.
Audio in English and French, subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Chinese (Cantonese) and Chinese (Traditional); closed captioned.