Thursday, May 7, 2015

May 7 - Men In Black


Today’s movie is a science fiction comedy film with a scene that happens on May 7. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

MEN IN BLACK     

The Men in Black (MIB) is a secret organization that is responsible for policing various aliens who live on Earth and keeping the aliens existence a secret from the general public by using neuralyzers to erase people’s memory of alien encounters. Agent D realizes he is getting old, so he has his partner Agent J erase his memory of having served in the MIB and suggests he finds a new partner. After NYPD officer James Darrell Edwards III discovers that aliens live among us he is recruited to join the MIB as Agent J and has the memory of his past life erased. They investigate why aliens are suddenly leaving the planet in masses. They find that “Edgar” (an alien bug you uses the skin of a human he has killed as a disguise) has stolen a powerful energy source from an Arquillian hiding in Brooklyn as pawnbroker Rosenberg. The Arquillians demand the energy source bereturned in one hour or they will destroy the Earth. K and J prevent Edgar (who has resumed his original form) from escaping, but Edgar swallows their weapons and then Agent K. Agent K finds his weapon inside Edgar and blasts his way out. Edgar attacks, but is killed by Laurel Weaver, a medical examiner who had helped Agents d and J earlier. Agent K retires after having his memory of having been in the MIB erased. On May 7, 1996 [1:29:15 – 1:39:45] Agent J replaces him and Laurel Weaver joins the MIB as Agent L.    

The date is given in the film at 1:29:17

Producers - Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Steven Spielberg

Director - Barry Sonnenfeld

Screenwriter - Ed Solomon

Awards – The film won the Best Makeup Oscar. It was also nominayed for the Best Art Decoration and Best Original Score Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards.

Runtime – 1 hour 38 minutes

Released – July 2, 1997

Starring –

Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K (Kevin Brown)
Will Smith as Agent J (James Darrell Edwards III)
Linda Fiorentino as Laurel Weaver
Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar the Bug
Rip Torn as Agent Zed
Tony Shalhoub as Jack Jeebs
Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Beatrice
Mike Nussbaum as Gentle Rosenberg
Jon Gries as Van Driver

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015


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