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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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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.

Cast and roles include

Tommy Lee Jones
- MiB agent K
Will Smith
- James Edwards / MiB agent J
Linda Fiorentino
- Dr. Laurel Weaver / MiB agent L
Vincent D'Onofrio
- Edgar / the Bug
Rip Torn
- MiB chief Zed
Tony Shalhoub
- Jack Jeebs
Siobhan Fallon
- Beatrice, Edgar's wife
Mike Nussbaum - Gentle Rosenburg, Arquillian jeweler
Jon Gries
- Nick, van driver
Sergio Calderón - Jose
Carel Struycken
- Arquillian
Fredric Lehne - INS agent Janus
Richard Hamilton - MiB agent D, K's first partner
Kent Faulcon - 2nd Lt. Jake Jensen
John Alexander - Mikey
Keith Campbell - Perp
Ken Thorley - Zap-Em exterminator
Patrick Breen - Reggie Redgick
Becky Ann Baker
- Mrs. Redgick
Sean Whalen - passport officer
Harsh Nayyar - Manny, news vendor
Michael Willis - cop in morgue
Willie C. Carpenter - police inspector
Peter Linari - tow truck driver
David Cross
- Newton, morgue attendant
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. - MiB agent B
Boris Leskin - cook
Steve Rankin - INS agent
Andy Prosky - INS agent
Michael Goldfinger - NYPD sergeant at Edwards' interrogation
Alpheus Merchant - security guard
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)
John Darrah - army officer (uncredited)
Karen Lynn Gorney
- announcer (uncredited)
Patricia McPherson
- K's wife (uncredited)
Stephanie Paliferro - INS agent (uncredited)
Joe Paparone - police inspector (uncredited)

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