Demolition Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marco Brambilla
Produced by	Joel Silver[1] Michael Levy Howard Kazanjian
Screenplay by	Daniel Waters Robert Reneau Peter M. Lenkov
Story by	Peter M. Lenkov Robert Reneau
Starring	Sylvester Stallone Wesley Snipes Sandra Bullock Nigel Hawthorne
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Editing by	Stuart Baird
Studio	Silver Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$57 million
Gross revenue	$159,055,768 [2]

Demolition Man is a 1993 American dystopian, science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, and Denis Leary co-star.^[3]

The film is a story about two men, one an evil crime lord and the other a risk-taking police officer, who are cryogenically frozen in the year 1996 and reawakened to face each other in 2032. Los Angeles, now called San Angeles following an earthquake that destroyed most of contemporary Los Angeles and San Diego, has become part of a planned city where violence is eliminated from mainstream society. Some aspects of the film allude to Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel, Brave New World.^[4] The role of Simon Phoenix was originally offered to Jackie Chan.^[5]

[edit] Plot

Simon Phoenix faces John Spartan in 2032

In 1996, Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) leads a raid to save kidnapping victims from the violent criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes). Spartan makes sure to scan the building for heat signatures and finds only eight, those of Phoenix's lackeys. In his urgency to capture Phoenix, Spartan causes explosives to go off in the building, and the bodies of the victims are later found. As Phoenix is arrested, he claims the victims were alive before the explosions, leading to Spartan being arrested for involuntary manslaughter. As with Phoenix, Spartan is put away for 36 years in "CryoPrison", where convicts are placed in cryogenic storage and rehabilitated through subconscious suggestion.

Over the next 36 years, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara become a pacifist utopia called "San Angeles" under the wisdom of Dr. Raymond Cocteau (Nigel Hawthorne). Though crime is virtually non-existent, the paternalistic society forbids the population from enjoying more carnal pleasures such as unhealthy foods and sexual intercourse. Even cursing is illegal and in a running gag, people are fined every time they swear (this mostly happens to Spartan). When Phoenix is temporarily removed from storage in 2032 for a parole hearing, he manages to escape using knowledge imprinted on his memory during his time in CryoPrison. Phoenix's crime spree is far too great for the tamed officers of the San Angeles police to handle, so they decide to awaken John Spartan and place him under the care of Lieutenant Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) who has been fascinated with the late 20th century and can help Spartan cope with the changes. Spartan takes time to become accustomed to the future, while the others in the police force, particularly Huxley's superior Chief Earle (Bob Gunton) find his ways barbaric.

Spartan and Huxley face Phoenix at a museum, as both officer and criminal realized that would be the only place in the pacifistic society where lethal weapons still exist. As Phoenix escapes, he encounters Dr. Cocteau and threatens to kill him, but finds that he is physically unable to do so. Dr. Cocteau suggests that Phoenix has a job to do, to kill Edgar Friendly (Denis Leary), the leader of a resistance force that refuses to accept Cocteau's society, and agrees to release other prisoners from CryoPrison to help him. Spartan and Huxley suspect that Cocteau was behind Phoenix's release and find that Phoenix had been "rehabilitated" with training in a number of violent and dangerous skills (while Spartan was rehabilitated as a seamstress). Upon confronting Dr. Cocteau, an arrest warrant is placed on Spartan.

When Spartan encounters Edgar Friendly, he learns they are simply non-violent refugees who have refused to give up their way of life as required by Dr. Cocteau's utopia and have been forced to live in the wastelands of old Los Angeles. Spartan and Huxley find that during his CryoPrison stay Phoenix was fed the suggestion to kill Friendly and given a mental block that prevents him from killing Dr. Cocteau. That answers why Phoenix was "programmed" to take out Friendly and eliminate the last resistence to the Cocteau regime, something that the pacifist San Angeles Police Department is incapable of doing. Phoenix and his gang attempt to kill both Spartan and Friendly, but Friendly has retained his combat skills and defends them with his firearm.

As Spartan and Huxley attempt to chase Phoenix down, Huxley is assaulted by a male thug. She brutally kicks him repeatedly with her boots. Later, Phoenix returns to Dr. Cocteau with his gang and, being unable to harm Dr. Cocteau himself, simply orders one of them to kill him instead. Dr. Cocteau's subordinate then switches allegiance and helps Phoenix to unfreeze the rest of the convicts. Spartan and Huxley arrive too late and find the corpse of Dr. Cocteau and quickly drive to the CryoPrison where Phoenix is attempting to awaken the rest of the convicts.

With Friendly and Huxley's help, Spartan breaks into the facility and fights Phoenix. During their battle, Phoenix admits that all the kidnapping victims in 1996 were dead before Spartan had arrived, angering Spartan more. Spartan eventually manages to smash a container of the potent cryogenic liquid, the effect which spreads, freezing the room and anything in contact with it. Phoenix painfully freezes solid as he is still standing on the floor, as Spartan leaps to grab a malfuncioning crane arm overhead, breaking off Phoenix's head with a kick which then shatters on the floor. The damaged equipment in the room then explodes, eliminated the other frozen convicts for good, as Spartan escapes.

As the other police forces arrive, Chief Earle is dismayed that without the leadership of Dr. Cocteau, their society will fall into chaos. Spartan suggests that Earle and Friendly work together to create a less restrictive, but law abiding society, and then turns to leave with Huxley, kissing her. The film ends as Spartan asks Huxley how to use three sea shells, which replaced toilet paper.

[edit] Setting

The film portrays the future in a quirky, satirical manner. The slightest breach of the law results in an automatically-dispensed citation. All restaurants are Taco Bells, which "won the franchise wars" and evolved into fine-dining establishments. Twentieth-century advertising jingles are heard as popular music. As actual exchange of bodily fluid is illegal, sexual intercourse is achieved through high-tech headgear, not physical contact; even a simple kiss is considered vulgar.

By 2032, toilet paper has fallen out of use; a set of three seashells is provided in every toilet. Though their method of use is left unexplained in the movie, Stallone later suggested a possible method in an interview as told to him by one of the film's writers involving extraction with two and scraping with one.^[6] (Unable to figure out right away how to use them, Spartan repeatedly curses at a wall-mounted citation dispenser until he has enough copies to use as toilet paper.)

For some non-American releases, references to Taco Bell were changed to Pizza Hut. This includes dubbing, plus changing the logos during post-production. Taco Bell remains in the closing credits. In the Swedish release the subtitles still use Taco Bell while the sound and picture has been altered as above. The original version released in Australia (on VHS) contained Taco Bell, yet the newer version on DVD was changed both in logo and dubbing to Pizza Hut. (If you look closely at the scene where the restaurant patrons are looking through the glass windows to the fight scene outside, you can still see Taco Bell etched into the glass, even in the modified version.)

In the original film, Phoenix makes a comment about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer being one of the cryo-inmates. Since this movie was made before his death in prison in 1994, in this alternate time period, he had been frozen with all the other criminals that were deemed too dangerous. Later versions of the film have this comment deleted.

A passing reference is made to the political era, including the U.S. Presidency, of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Huxley explains to Spartan that the Constitution had been amended to allow Schwarzenegger to be elected despite his foreign birth. In the 1990s, Schwarzenegger had been mentioned as a potential candidate for political office, although at the time the movie he had an honorary posting as chairman of the President's Council on Fitness and Sports, and he did run successfully for Governor of California ten years later. Schwarzenegger and Stallone often make tongue-in-cheek references to one another in their films, notably in Last Action Hero which was released the same year as Demolition Man.

[edit] Cast

• Detective Sergeant John Spartan: Sylvester Stallone
• Simon Phoenix: Wesley Snipes
• Lieutenant Lenina Huxley: Sandra Bullock
• Doctor Raymond Cocteau: Nigel Hawthorne
• Officer Alfredo Garcia: Benjamin Bratt
• Edgar Friendly: Denis Leary
• Erwin: Rob Schneider (uncredited)
• Wasteland Scrap: Jack Black
• Zachary Lamb (old): Bill Cobbs
• Chief George Earle: Bob Gunton
• Squad Leader: Paul Perri
• Helicopter Pilot: Pat Skipper
• Associate Bob: Glenn Shadix
• Boggle Guard: Trent Walker
• Tough Cop: Troy Evans
• Zachary Lamb (young): Grand L. Bush
• Captain Healy: Steve Kahan
• T.F.R. Officer: Paul Bollen
• Assistant Warden William Smithers (young): Mark Colson
• Warden William Smithers (old): Andre Gregory
• Cryocon Ally: Jesse Ventura

Jack Black played one of the "Wasteland Scraps" in the underground scene, who flinches when Spartan shoves the gun out of his face and says "And Cocteau's an asshole!"^[7] Rob Schneider played Erwin, one of the operators in the Los Angeles Police control room; he would also play opposite Stallone in the 1995 movie Judge Dredd.^[8]

[edit] Production

Sandra Bullock replaced original actress Lori Petty in the role of Lenina Huxley after a few days filming.^[9] whose character's name is a reference to Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, and Lenina Crowne, a character in Brave New World.^[4] Originally Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were offered roles in the movie.^[10] Jackie Chan was also offered a role in the movie.^[11]

[edit] Box office

The film debuted at No.1 at the box office.^{[12][13][14][15]} Demolition Man grossed $58,055,768 by the end of its box office run in North America and $159,055,768 worldwide.^[2]

[edit] Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews, maintaining a 63% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 32 reviews. However, the film scored a 34/100 on Metacritic, based on 9 reviews.^[16][17][18]

On Siskel & Ebert, Gene Siskel gave the movie thumbs down for its routine violence, but did praise its "Funny offbeat script." Roger Ebert praised the movie: "Unlike so many other movies of its genre, it really does have a satiric angle to it."

[edit] Soundtrack

The theme song to the film is titled "Demolition Man" and is played over the end credits. It is a remix (heavier version) of the song originally written by Sting and recorded during his time as frontman for The Police. The song was first released in 1981, as the fifth track on the band's fourth album, Ghost in the Machine. Sting released an EP featuring this song and other live tracks, entitled Demolition Man.

Acclaimed composer Elliot Goldenthal composed the score for the film; it was his second big Hollywood project after the Alien³ score.

[edit] Game adaptations

Virgin Interactive released Demolition Man on various home video game systems. The 16-bit versions were distributed by Acclaim. The 3DO version of the game was a first-person shooter that incorporated Full Motion Video scenes, with both Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes reprising their roles as their characters.

In April 1994, Williams released a widebody pinball game, Demolition Man (based on the movie). It is designed by Dennis Nordman. This game features sound clips from the movie, as well as original speech by Stallone and Snipes. This game was part of WMS' SuperPin series (Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones, etc.).

[edit] Possible plagiarism

Hungarian science fiction writer István Nemere claims that most of Demolition Man is based on his novel Holtak harca (Fight of the Dead), published in 1986. In the novel, a terrorist and his enemy, a counter-terrorism soldier are cryogenically frozen and awakened in the 22nd century, when violence was purged from society. A copyright investigation proved that 75% of the film is identical to the book. However, Nemere chose not to initiate a lawsuit, as it would have been too expensive for him to hire a lawyer and fight against major Hollywood forces in the United States. The author claims that Hollywood had ripped-off works of many Eastern European writers after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and that he knows the person he claims to be responsible for illegally selling his idea to the filmmakers.^[19]

[edit] References

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Men in Black (film)

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Men in Black
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Barry Sonnenfeld
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald Steven Spielberg (Executive)
Screenplay by	Ed Solomon
Based on	The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham
Starring	Tommy Lee Jones Will Smith Vincent D'Onofrio Linda Fiorentino Rip Torn
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Donald Peterman
Editing by	Jim Miller
Studio	Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	July 2, 1997 (1997-07-02)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90,000,000[1]
Gross revenue	$589,390,539[1]

Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Aircel Comics. The film featured the creature effects and makeup of Rick Baker. The film was released on July 2, 1997 by Columbia Pictures and grossed over $587 million worldwide against a $90 million budget. It was followed by a 2002 sequel, Men in Black II, an animated series titled Men in Black: The Series as well as a second sequel that will be released in 2012, Men in Black III.

Contents [hide] 1 Plot 1.1 Setting 1.2 Story 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtracks 5 Promotion 6 Reception 7 References 8 External links

Plot

Setting

The MIB, a top-secret agency (headquartered in a Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ventilation station) that polices, monitors and directs alien activity on Earth, has established the Earth as an apolitical "neutral zone" for alien refugees (as Agent K explains, like Casablanca without the Nazis). The MIB answer to no government; their funding comes from the patents they own on technology confiscated from aliens, such as velcro, microwave ovens, and liposuction. When a new agent joins the MIB, every public record of his/her existence is deleted and all identifying marks (including fingerprints) are physically removed from his/her body.

Any memory of MIB activity upon "mustering out" of the MIB is erased and a new identity is created for the departing agent. Into this strange world is ushered the initially skeptical Det/Sgt James Edwards (Will Smith), an NYPD officer, as he becomes Agent J, one of the newest MIB personnel. Tommy Lee Jones plays K, a senior MIB agent who recruits and guides J as he learns the ropes.

MIB agents wear black suits and neckties with white shirts, and appear at UFO landing sites, similar to paranormal reports of real-world Men in Black. Since the MIB are a secret organization, no evidence of their existence can be left. Instead of intimidating or threatening witnesses, the MIB use pocket-sized devices known as "Neuralyzers" to wipe witnesses' memories of what they have seen, and replace the memories with more mundane explanations, such as swamp gas or weather balloons. All agents carry a pair of black sunglasses, which they put on before activating a Neuralyzer to shield themselves from the effects. Neuralyzers are also used on agents who leave the organization for any reason or for agents that do not have the mental or emotional capacity to continue with the organization. K and J drive around in a seemingly inconspicuous black car, which J initially identifies as a Ford 'POS' (piece of shit), a 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria.^[2] Pressing a "little red button" on the gear stick transforms the vehicle into a high-speed rocket-propelled car.

Story

The main plot of the movie revolves around a "Bug" (code word for a member of an insectoid alien species that is similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) searching for a miniature galaxy which is also a vast energy source in 1997 New York. Upon landing on Earth, the Bug kills a farmer named Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio) and uses his skin as a disguise to aid in the hunt. A member of an alien royal family, masquerading as a diamond merchant, has concealed the galaxy on his cat's collar. When he is killed by the Bug, his government prepares to destroy the Earth rather than let the galaxy fall into the Bugs' hands. During their mission, J and K investigate a morgue where they meet Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), a cynical deputy medical examiner. Eventually, the agents kill the Bug (with Laurel's help) and recover the galaxy. K then has J erase his memory so he can retire, and Laurel joins the MIB and becomes Agent L, J's new partner.

In the final scene of the film, the camera pulls back into the sky through space past our solar system, past millions of stars, ultimately revealing that our galaxy is contained within a spherical container resembling a marble. The container is then picked up by an alien hand which throws it, hitting another 'marble' which also contains a galaxy, in what resembles a game of marbles. Both marbles are then picked up by the hand and placed into a bag full of galaxy-containing marbles.

Cast

• Tommy Lee Jones as Kevin Brown/Agent K: J's grizzled and humorless mentor. Clint Eastwood turned down the part, while Jones only accepted the role after Steven Spielberg promised the script would improve, based on his respect for Spielberg's track record. He had been disappointed with the first draft, which he reportedly said "stank"; he felt it did not capture the tone of the comic.^[3]
• Will Smith as James Darrell Edwards III/Agent J: A former NYPD member, newly recruited to the MIB. Smith was cast because Barry Sonnenfeld's wife was a The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fan. Sonnenfeld also liked his performance in Six Degrees of Separation.^[3] Chris O'Donnell turned down the role because he found the role of a new recruit too similar to Dick Grayson, whom he played in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.^[4] David Schwimmer also turned down the part.^[3] Like Jones, Smith said he accepted the role after meeting with Spielberg and cited his success as a producer.
• Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar the Bug: A giant alien insect who eats a farmer and uses his skin as a disguise and the main antagonist of the film. The Bug is trying to find a tiny galaxy that contains a huge power source. John Turturro was offered the role.^[3]
• Linda Fiorentino as Dr. Laurel Weaver / Agent L: A deputy medical examiner who has had a few run-ins with the MIB in the past. After K retires, she joins the organization and becomes J's new partner.
• Rip Torn as Chief Zed: The head of the MIB.
• Tony Shalhoub as Jack Jeebs: An alien, posing as a pawn shop owner, who deals in illegal weapons.
• Siobhan Fallon as Beatrice: Edgar's wife.
• Mike Nussbaum as Gentle Rosenberg, Arquillian Jeweler: Guardian of the galaxy, which he has attached to his pet cat's collar.
• Jon Gries as Van driver
• Sergio Calderón as Jose
• Carel Struycken as Arquillian
• Fredric Lehne as INS agent Janus
• Kent Faulcon as 2nd Lt. Jake Jensen
• Richard Hamilton as Agent D: K's partner at the start of the film, he decides he is too old for the job and has K erase his memory so he can retire.
• David Cross as Newton the Morgue Attendant
• Tim Blaney as Frank the Pug (speaking part): A smart-talking pug-like alien.
• Scottie Ray as Mikey and additional alien voices
• Sylvester Stallone as Alien on TV (uncredited cameo)

Production

The film is based upon the comic book The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham. Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald optioned the rights to The Men in Black in 1992 and hired Ed Solomon to write a very faithful script. Parkes and MacDonald wanted Barry Sonnenfeld as director because he had helmed the darkly humorous The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values. Sonnenfeld was attached to Get Shorty (1995), so they approached Les Mayfield to direct, as they had heard about the positive reception to his remake of Miracle on 34th Street. They actually saw the film later and decided he was inappropriate. Men in Black was delayed so as to allow Sonnenfeld to make it his next project after Get Shorty.^[3]

Much of the initial script drafts were set underground, with locations ranging from Kansas to Washington DC and Nevada. Sonnenfeld decided to change the location to New York City, because the director felt New Yorkers would be tolerant of aliens who behaved oddly while disguised. He also felt much of the city's structures resembled flying saucers and rocket ships. Production designer Bo Welch designed the MIB headquarters with a 1960s tone in mind, because that was when their organization is formed. He cited influences from Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, who designed a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Being the arrival point of aliens on Earth, Welch felt MIB HQ had to resemble an airport.^[3]

ILM provided most of the special effects. Rick Baker led the special effects of the film, which was the most complex in his career to date. He had to have approval from both director Barry Sonnenfeld and executive producer Steven Spielberg: "It was like, 'Steven likes the head on this one and Barry really likes the body on this one, so why don't you do a mix and match?' And I'd say, because it wouldn't make any sense." Sonnenfeld also changed a lot of the film's aesthetic during pre-production: "I started out saying aliens shouldn't be what humans perceive them to be. Why do they need eyes? So Rick did these great designs, and I'd say, 'That's great — but how do we know where he's looking?' I ended up where everyone else did, only I took three months."^[5]

Filming began in March 1996. Five months into the shoot, the crew realized their ending was unexciting. It was originally meant to be a humorous existential debate between Agent J and the Bug, and five potential replacements were discussed. One of these had Laurel Weaver being neuralyzed and K remaining an agent. The change to a fight sequence annoyed Rick Baker, as their animatronic Bug had to be replaced with computer-generated imagery. Further changes were made during post-production to simplify the plotline involving the possession of the tiny galaxy. The Arquillians would hand over the galaxy to the Baltians, ending a long war. The bugs need to feed on the casualties of the war and steal it to continue the war. Through changing of subtitles, the images on MIB's main computer and Frank the Pug's dialogue, the Baltians were eliminated from the plot. Earth goes from being potentially destroyed in the crossfire between the two races into being possibly destroyed by the Arquillians to prevent the bugs getting the galaxy.^[3]

Soundtracks

Main article: Men in Black: The Album

Two different soundtracks were released in the US: a score soundtrack and an album, featuring various songs. In the UK only the album was released, but the score is readily available for import.

Danny Elfman composed the score for the film, making use of his usual combination of orchestra and electronics. The score also makes prominent use of jazz for the M.I.B. theme, which consists of an ostinato, usually played on lower instruments.

Promotion

Galoob released various action figures of characters and aliens in the film. An official comic adaptation was released by Marvel Comics. The official Men in Black game is a third-person shooter developed by Gremlin Interactive and released to lackluster reviews in October '97 for the PC and the following year for the PlayStation. Also a very rare promotional PlayStation video game system was released in 1997 with the Men in Black logo on the CD lid. Men in Black: The Animated Series was created by Sony Pictures Television, and also inspired several games. Men in Black was the inspiration behind the Men in Black: Alien Attack ride at Universal Studios Orlando, in which Will Smith and Rip Torn reprised their roles. A Men In Black roleplaying game was also released in 1997 by West End Games.

Reception

Men in Black won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, and was also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe of Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.^[6]

The film received an overwhelmingly positive response from critics, having a 91% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes film critic website.^[7]

Following the film's release, Ray-Ban stated sales of their Predator 2 sunglasses (worn by the organization to deflect neuralyzers) tripled to $5 million.^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Men in Black (1997)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=meninblack.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-14. 
2. ^ Internet Movie Car Database 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} David Hughes (2003). Comic Book Movies. London: Virgin Books. pp. 123–129. ISBN 0-7535-0767-6. 
4. ^ "Summer Movie Preview". Entertainment Weekly. 1997-05-16. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287928,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
5. ^ Steve Daly (1997-07-18). "Men in Black: How'd they do that?". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,288677,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
6. ^ "Men in Black (1997) — Awards and Nominations". Yahoo!. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800023362/awards. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
7. ^ "Men in Black". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/men_in_black/. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 
8. ^ Jane Tallim (2002). "And Now a Word From Our Sponsor... Spend Another Day". Media Awareness Network. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/word_from_our_sponsor.cfm. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 

External links

• Official website

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• Men in Black at Allmovie

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Independence Day	Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1997	Succeeded by Armageddon & Dark City

[show]v · d · eMen in Black Comic books The Men in Black (1990–1997) Films Men in Black (1997) · Men in Black II (2002) · Men in Black III (2012) Television Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001) Music Men in Black: The Album (1997) · "Men in Black" (1998) · "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" (2002) Video game Men in Black II: Alien Escape (2002) Characters J · K · Frank the Pug Related topics Lowell Cunningham · Men in Black · Men in Black: Alien Attack · Men in White (1998)

[show]v · d · eFilms directed by Barry Sonnenfeld 1990s The Addams Family (1991)  • For Love or Money (1993)  • Addams Family Values (1993)  • Get Shorty (1995)  • Men in Black (1997)  • Wild Wild West (1999) 2000s Big Trouble (2002)  • Men in Black II (2002)  • RV (2006) 2010s Men in Black III (2012)

[show]v · d · eSteven Spielberg filmography 1970s Duel (1971) · The Sugarland Express (1974) · Jaws (1975) · Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · 1941 (1979) 1980s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) · The Color Purple (1985) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · Always (1989) 1990s Hook (1991) · Jurassic Park (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Saving Private Ryan (1998) 2000s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Minority Report (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002)  · The Terminal (2004) · War of the Worlds (2005) · Munich (2005) · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 2010s The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011) · War Horse (2011) Production credits I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) · Used Cars (1980) · Continental Divide (1981) · Poltergeist (1982) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Gremlins (1984) · Back to the Future (1985) · The Goonies (1985) · Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) · The Color Purple (1985) · An American Tail (1986) · The Money Pit (1986) · *batteries not included (1987) · Harry and the Hendersons (1987; uncredited) · Innerspace (1987) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Three O'Clock High (1987; uncredited) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Always (1989) · Dad (1989) · Arachnophobia (1990) · Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · Cape Fear (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Flintstones (1994) · Casper (1995) · Balto (1995) · Twister (1996) · Men in Black (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Deep Impact (1998) · The Mask of Zorro (1998) · Saving Private Ryan (1998) · The Last Days (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998; uncredited) · The Haunting (1999; uncredited)  · Evolution (2001; uncredited) · A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Jurassic Park III (2001) · Shrek (2001; uncredited) · Men in Black II (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002) · The Terminal (2004) · The Legend of Zorro (2005) · Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) · Munich (2005) · Monster House (2006) · Flags of Our Fathers (2006) · Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) · Disturbia (2007; uncredited) · Transformers (2007) · Eagle Eye (2008) · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) · The Lovely Bones (2009) · Hereafter (2010) · True Grit (2010) · I Am Number Four (2011) · Cowboys & Aliens (2011) · Super 8 (2011) · Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) · Real Steel (2011) · The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011) · Men in Black III (2012) · Cloud Atlas (2012) Television Night Gallery (1970) · Amazing Stories (1985–1987) · Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) · A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) · Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) · Family Dog (1993) · seaQuest DSV (1993–1995) · Animaniacs (1993–1998) · ER (1994) · Pinky and the Brain / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1995–1999) · Freakazoid! (1995–1997) · Toonsylvania (1998) · Invasion America (1998) · Band of Brothers (2001) · Taken (2002) · Into the West (2005) · On the Lot (2007) · United States of Tara (2009–present) · The Pacific (2010) · Terra Nova · Falling Skies Games Medal of Honor (1999) · Boom Blox (2008) · Boom Blox Bash Party (2009) Short films Tummy Trouble (1989; played with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) · Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; played with Dick Tracy) · Trail Mix-Up (1993; played with A Far Off Place) · I'm Mad (1994; played with Thumbelina) See also Firelight (1964) · Amblin' (1968) · Something Evil (1972) · Kick the Can (1983) Filmography · Amblin Entertainment · DreamWorks · USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education · Amblimation

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