Men in Black-Limited Edition (1997)

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld  Starring: Will Smith  Tommy Lee Jones  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD
UPC: 00043396052918
Buy.com Sku: 203777238
Item#: V2QVV6
Category Keywords: Action  Alien Life Forms  Aliens  Blockbuster  Buddies  Heroes  Recommended  Science-Fiction  Secret Agents  Theatrical Release 
Rating: 
 
 
Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, No Longer Produced
 
Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. Whileinvestigating a series of top secret close encounters, agents kand j uncover the deadly plot of an intergalactic terrorist bugwho is on a mission to assassinate two embassadors from opposinggalaxies currently residing in new york.
 


Editor's Note

In the 1950s a super-secret government agency was formed to monitor and police the activities of extraterrestrial aliens on the planet Earth. Some 40 years later a founding father of the agency, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), finds himself with a new smart-mouthed partner fresh from the NYPD who is soon dubbed Agent Jay (Will Smith). Their first mission is to save the Earth from destruction by a giant insectlike alien (Vincent D'Onfrio) that, incidentally, drives an exterminator's truck. Armed with their matching Ray-Bans, skinny ties, and space-age weapons that Jay barely understands--he calls the Neuralyzer the "flashy thing"--the new duo begin another average day of fighting intergalactic terrorists. An amazingly hip and terribly clever movie that riffs on everything from E.T.--THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL to CASABLANCA, this Barry Sonnenfeld film is based on the equally savvy comic book by Lowell Cunningham.


Plot Summary

A hilariously stoic top-secret federal agent (Tommy Lee Jones) and his wisecracking partner (Will Smith) don their matching Ray-Bans and skinny black ties and proceed to use all their considerable weaponry and wit to save the world from an undocumented and extremely unfriendly mantislike alien. MEN IN BLACK is a successful, tongue-in-cheek spoof of summer blockbuster alien invasion flicks, based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Spanish
Dolby Surround - French


Disc 1: Feature Film
Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary - 1. Barry Sonnenfeld - Director, Tommy Lee Jones - Star
2. Barry Sonnenfeld - Director, Rick Baker - Makeup and Creature Effects, Industrial Light & Magic Team - Special Effects
Pop-Ups - 1. On-Screen Diagrams with Director's Audio Commentary

Disc 2: Supplementary Material
Additional Release Material:

Featurette
Documentary - 1. "The Metamorphosis of MEN IN BLACK"
Music Video - 1. "Men In Black" - Will Smith and Mikey
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailers
Alien Creatures from Concept to Completion
Multiple Angles - 1. Character Animation Studies
2. Tunnel Scene Deconstruction
3. Edgar Bug Fight Scene
Alternate Scenes
Film-to-Storyboard Comparison
Interactive Features:
Interactive Game - 1. Editing Workshops - Assemble Three Different Scenes and Compare with Final Cut

Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
Storyboard
Production Art
Stills/Photos - 1. Production Stills

Additional Products:
Poster
Other - 1. Letter from Director Sonnenfeld
2. Reproduction of Character Drawing signed by Barry Sonnenfeld and Rick Baker
Booklet

DVD-ROM Features:
Web Links


 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 9/5/2000
Running Time: 98 minutes
Original Release Date: 1997
Catalog ID: 05291
UPC: 00043396052918
Number of Discs: 2

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Cantonese, Mandarin
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Jonathan Gries
Michael Willis
Will Smith
Rip Torn
Siobhan Fallon
Fredric Lane
Sean Whalen
Tony Shalhoub
Mike Nussbaum
Richard Hamilton
Bernard Gilkey
Carel Struycken
Tommy Lee Jones
Vincent D'Onofrio
Linda Fiorentino
Kent Faulcon
David Cross
John Alexander
Sergio Calderon
Ed Solomon - Screenwriter
Steven Spielberg - Producer
Lowell Cunningham - Story
Cinovation Studios - Special Effects
Laurie MacDonald - Producer
Danny Elfman - Composer
Jim Miller - Editor
XFX Images - Special Effects
Industrial Light and Magic - Special Effects
VisionArt Design & Animation - Special Effects
Donald Peterman - Director of Photography
Rick Baker - Special Effects
Mary E. Vogt - Costume Designer
Bo Welch - Production Designer
Walter F. Parkes - Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld - Director

 
Awards

Academy Awards (1997)
Rick Baker, Winner, Best Makeup

 
Professional Reviews
USA Today
"...The out-there premise is irresistible.... Effects master Rick Baker whips up a swell array of oddball creatures great, small and just plain strange..." -- 4 out of 4 stars 07/01/1997 p.1D

New York Times
"...Dryly clever....Extraordinarily ambitious, with all-star design and special-effects talent and a genuinely artful visual style..." 07/01/1997 p.C9

Los Angeles Times
"...Wised-up and offhandedly funny....Barry Sonnenfeld is an excellent director for this point of view, and MEN IN BLACK is a blend of the strengths of his previous films..." 07/01/1997 p.F1

Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie makes good use of a lot of New York landmarks....[The film] deflates one sci-fi pomposity after another..." 07/01/1997 p.25

  
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