- BFI identifier441381
- Date1997 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisScience-fiction comedy, based on early 1990s comic book series. There are aliens in our midst (particulary in New York) and the world is about to end. It is up to two secret agents, K and J, aided by Laurel, a bright young medical examiner, to unmask and despatch them. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget $80million
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Barry Sonnenfeld
©: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
view all - CastTommy Lee Jones (Kay)
Will Smith (James Darrel Edwards III, 'Jay')
Linda Fiorentino (Laurel)
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Title
Men in Black (Original)
MIB (Alternative)
MIB Men in Black (Alternative)
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