Search - Men in Black [Deluxe Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Sci-Fi Violence, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 05/21/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Cantonese, English, French, Mandarin, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 6 Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Alien Film, Sci-Fi Comedy See Also: Men in Black [Collector's Edition], Men in Black [Limited Edition], Men in Black [DTS Collector's Edition], Men in Black [Superbit], MIB: Men in Black [UMD for PSP], Men in Black [Blu-ray], Men in Black [Widescreen] [Fullscreen] [Single Disc Version]

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, All Movie Guide

Tommy Lee Jones - K
Will Smith - J
Linda Fiorentino - Laurel
Vincent D'Onofrio - Edgar
Rip Torn - Zed

Barry Sonnenfeld's science fiction-comedy Men in Black comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame image. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include commentary tracks recorded by Sonnenfeld and the actors and filmmakers, a music video from Will Smith, trailers, a preview for Men in Black 2, production notes, and a making-of documentary. This is a superb disc from Columbia TriStar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide