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The double-action revolver carried by the tow-truck driver and later by Edgar in the morgue sce [...]	D
During one of Jay's attempts to keep the giant Edgar-bug from leaving, the bug simply wipes him [...]	D
After script rewrites, looking for a more action-oriented ending, the original animatronic Bug [...]	D
The scene where James chases a disguised alien was to occur at the Lincoln Center. But once the [...]	D
Originally, the plot revolved around a battle between the Arquillians and the Baltians, another [...]	D
Carel Struycken makes a brief role as an Arquilian who is killed by the bug Edward. Struycken p [...]	D
Linda Fiorentino "won" her role in Men in Black (1997) in a poker game with Barry Sonnenfeld.	D
The high-pitched whine the neurolyzer makes when it flashes is the sound of a strobe flash's ca [...]	D
(at around 40 mins) The food on order is the Russian dish 'Pirogi', not to be confused with the [...]	D
Barry Sonnenfeld (director) uses the same font in these credits as he does in Addams Family Val [...]	D
The crew blew up a 25-gallon drum of blue goo for the scene in the beginning of the movie.	D
James Edwards' police issue handgun is a Smith and Wesson 3913NL. Though the pistol looks ident [...]	D
When Kay reveals there are about 1,500 aliens on Earth, and most of them are in Manhattan just [...]	D
After Edgar bug kills the Arquillians in the diner he leaves the restaurant and walks down the [...]	D
The success of the film inspired Marvel (who, by 1997, owned the property) to option other prop [...]	D
The t-shirt David Cross (The Morgue Attendant) is wearing is The Misfits, who are a Punk Rock b [...]	D
Jon Gries, Fredric Lehne, and Sean Whalen all appeared on Lost.	D
The sunglasses used by the Men in Black are the Ray-Ban "Predator 2" glasses. After the film's [...]	D
David Schwimmer was asked to play the role of Jay before Will Smith, but turned it down.	D
Edgar's shotgun was a 12 gauge Winchester Model 1897.	D
Barry Sonnenfeld considered playing the morgue attendant himself, but decided that David Cross [...]	D
The tabloid where K learns of the Bug has a headline on the bottom: "NASA releases evidence of [...]	D
The very end shots, of the alien playing intergalactic marbles, could be a sly, sideways wink a [...]	D
Steven Spielberg also considered directing this, but chose to be just the executive producer.	D
The film titles were designed by legendary artist Pablo Ferro, sharing the style of one of his [...]	D
The device agent Kay uses to catch the thing that caused the 1977 New York blackout is an Oster [...]	D
Barry Sonnenfeld called the protective clothes the clean-up guys are wearing "condom suits."	D
According to the computer, when his identity is being erased, Will Smith's character James Darr [...]	D
The same tandem bike is used by Barry Sonnenfeld in Amore con interessi (1993).	D
Will Smith didn't believe it was really Steven Spielberg on the other end of the line when the [...]	D
When Kay searches for his old girlfriend, the satellite video feed of her lists coordinates of [...]	D
As Kay checks on his ex-girlfriend in Truro, Massachusetts, the spy satellite at first locks on [...]	D
When James is in the elevator with Agent Kay, he tells him that he does not want to be called " [...]	D
The photo of James, when Kay is erasing all his data records, is an old high school photo of Wi [...]	D
Tony Shalhoub plays Jeebs the pawnshop owner and he is one of many aliens disguised as a human. [...]	D
James Edwards jokes about a possible candidate from the Army, calling him Captain America. Tomm [...]	D
According to Tommy Lee Jones, he didn't mind being covered in slime, but Will Smith hated it.	D
The ending of the movie is a long-take with the camera showing planet Earth, moving away to sho [...]	D
Will Smith, after reading the script, did not want to accept the role because one year before h [...]	D
Body count: 11.	D
The winged insect that splatters against the van windshield in the opening scene foreshadows Ed [...]	D
Tommy Lee Jones only accepted the role of Kay after Steven Spielberg promised the script would [...]	D
Will Smith improvised the line "It just be raining black people in New York."	D
The film's climax takes place on the site in Flushing Meadows, New York, where the 1964 World's [...]	D
The driver smuggling illegal aliens along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in C [...]	D
During the scene in Jeebs' store, among the many genre items, such as a Lava Lamp is featured, [...]	D
Becky Ann Baker and Patrick Breen both appeared on The Blacklist (2013) although not in the sam [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top [...]	D
This is the highest-grossing action buddy comedy in the U.S. box-office.	D
(at around 4 mins) When K and D meet the border patrol officers in the desert, K introduces the [...]	D
When Kay takes Jay through the arrivals and customs area, there is an alien father and son. The [...]	D
In the scene where K takes J through the arrivals and customs area one of the aliens checking i [...]	D
Linda Fiorentino was pretty familiar with Will Smith's work - she had watched Bad Boys (1995) s [...]	D
Barry Sonnenfeld: one of the aliens on the surveillance screen.	D
The site BadAstronomy, famed for bashing science fiction movies (such as Armageddon - Giudizio [...]	D
Vincent D'Onofrio researched his role as Edgar by watching a lot of bug documentaries. In order [...]	D
During pre-production, Barry Sonnenfeld changed a lot of the film's aesthetic: "I started out s [...]	D
During the shoot, there was a script revision which changed the role of the 'Galaxy' in the mov [...]	D
The final scene reveals that our universe is seen to exist in a gaming marble, just like the Ga [...]	D
When K shows J the photographs of First Contact, he reacts to the picture of the random young m [...]	D
The MiB headquarters is located in the ventilation tower of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which [...]	D
Lowell Cunningham: Creator of the original comics appears briefly as short-sleeve MiB office em [...]	D
The neuralyzer couldn't open up and flash in the same take, creating some problems during filmi [...]	D
Steven Spielberg hired Jurassic Park (1993) and Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park (1997) collabo [...]	D
John Landis was offered the chance to direct, but declined, feeling it was basically just "The [...]	D
Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Edgar the Bug, went on to voice all the Bugs who appeared in Men i [...]	D
Yasushi Nirasawa worked on some designs for the Edgar Bug, which ultimately went unused. One of [...]	D
Quentin Tarantino was originally offered the chance to direct, but turned it down.	D
When the monitors show Jay's old third grade teacher it says she teaches in Philadelphia, where [...]	D
Leland Orser makes an uncredited cameo as the cephalapoid alien disguised as human who runs thr [...]	D
Rick Baker constructed an animatronic of the giant Bug to use in the film, but to his annoyance [...]	D
Barry Sonnenfeld claimed he directed Tommy Lee Jones to play every scene straight. Jones became [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 [...]	D
Barry Sonnenfeld defended the fact that some of the aliens are smokers on The Today Show (1952) [...]	D
The designer who built the modified Ford LTD, bought it from the studio, after the movie.	D
The film was going to be set in underground bases and locations, including Kansas, Washington, [...]	D
The neon sign in the front window of the Russian restaurant translates into English as "Good Fo [...]	D
For the iconic suits, costume designer Mary E. Vogt made an effort to avoid looking too much li [...]	D
Lowell Cunningham's comic 'The Men in Black' was much darker and dryer than the family-oriented [...]	D
The explanation that Kay originally puts in Beatrice's head is an Easter Egg for UFO geeks. It [...]	D
Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald originally wanted Barry Sonnenfeld to direct, b [...]	D
Mikey was created using a combination of an actor in a rubber suit and computer effects.	D
The crew built a 96-foot replica of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, exactly 1/8th the size of the re [...]	D
The watch worn by Jay in the movie is a Hamilton Ventura, a style made famous by Elvis Presley [...]	D
When Agents J and K pull up to the sidewalk store at which they meet Frank the dog-alien, J's r [...]	D
The automobile Agents Kay and Jay drive (which Jay describes as a "Ford P.O.S."), is a 1987 For [...]	D
Rick Baker had previously designed Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face makeup in Batman Forever (1995).	D
In the scene in which Jay and Kay interview Beatrice, Jay has to spit out the lemonade he's off [...]	D
The line shared by agents Kay and Jay, "Roaches check in, they don't check out", was the ad slo [...]	D
In the scene where the bug visits the morgue, a copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is visible. [...]	D
In one scene, there are two brief shots of Orion the cat where the name on its collar (belt) is [...]	D
Chris O'Donnell was first offered the role of Jay, but he turned it down because he thought it [...]	D
Siobhan Fallon Hogan originally auditioned for the role of Mrs. Redgick before being cast as Be [...]	D
The housewife is named Beatrice, which is a reference to science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut, [...]	D
Trailer narrated by Hal Douglas.	D
The American Humane Society made sure no animals were hurt during filming, including cockroache [...]	D
The crew had to shoot fifteen takes of Edgar drinking the sugar water. According to Barry Sonne [...]	D
Tony Shalhoub played Jack Jeebs in this film, a few episodes of Men in Black: The Series (1997) [...]	D
In September 2021, in a GQ "Actually Me" episode, Will Smith has said that, along with La ricer [...]	D
At the end of the film, Agent Jay reveals to Agent L that Dennis Rodman is an alien. This was c [...]	D
According to the novelization, James is right to shoot Tiffany, the cardboard cutout on the MiB [...]	D
Through an apparent lab error, at least portions of the release prints used in the U.S. were no [...]	D
while in the jewelry store, J is looking at pictures of the cat. One of the pictures has the ca [...]	D
Rick Baker claims his work on this film was his most complex to date, as he had to have approva [...]	D
(at around 18 mins) Jay pulls his gun on Kay in about 8 film frames, or 1/3 of a second.	D
Vincent D'Onofrio based Edgar's movements on Peter Sellers in Il dottor Stranamore - Ovvero: co [...]	D
This is Will Smith's second movie that involves aliens from space. The first is Independence Da [...]	D
The ship the bug used to transport to Earth and is later towed away by the MIB, will show up ag [...]	D
Clint Eastwood was offered the role of Kay, but turned it down.	D
Will Smith was cast because Barry Sonnenfeld's wife was a fan of Willy, il principe di Bel Air [...]	D
Originally, the idea for the Arquillians was meant for a minor character, a bartender named Chu [...]	D
According to production designer Bo Welch, the MiB headquarters was designed to resemble a 1960 [...]	D
When James (Will Smith) jumps from the overpass onto the tour bus, he jumps from Pershing Squar [...]	D
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith who star in this movie have and went on to play comic book chara [...]	D
Kay mentions to Jay about the Zeronian migration in 1968, and that he probably wasn't even aliv [...]	D
John Turturro was offered the role of Edgar, but had to decline due to other commitments. Had h [...]	D
When describing the people present for the First Contact, K makes a point of mentioning "one po [...]	D
Kay tells Edgar the Bug that he is in violation of section 4153 of the Tycho Treaty. This is a [...]	D
Bruce Campbell was set to appear in a small role, but he backed out to star in the television f [...]	D
It took Rick Baker six hours each day to transform Vincent D'Onofrio into the Edgar Bug. Silk s [...]	D
After the Edgar Bug kills the Arquillians in the diner, he leaves the restaurant and walks down [...]	D
The stadium the ship flies over during the baseball game is Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, N [...]	D
The only film in the franchise where the villain/antagonist (namely, Edgar the bug) works alone [...]	D
The climax was going to be a humorous existential dialogue between agents Jay and Kay and the B [...]	D
The little ball Jay accidentally sends smashing around MIB headquarters is said by Kay to be "a [...]	D
The "known aliens" visible on the screen include Al Roker, Isaac Mizrahi, Danny DeVito, directo [...]	D
The song "Over the Rainbow" was going to be used in the opening sequence.	D
Steven Spielberg had Will Smith flown by helicopter from a wedding in New York City to his hous [...]	D
At one point in the movie, James jumps from a bridge into a bus full of tourists. The bridge wh [...]	D
When Kay is in the restaurant with James, the scene starts with Kay telling the punchline of a [...]	D
Its highly likely that Orion, the cat of Gentle Rosenburg, is also a more than coincidental ref [...]	D
According to Vincent D'Onofrio, he based his voice as Edgar on George C. Scott and John Huston. [...]	D
Included in "The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to ZsaZsa via the MCU", written by Rob H [...]	D
Much of the MiB traits and characteristics are in keeping with established lore of Men in Black [...]	D
For the shot in which Jay flies backwards through a car windshield, the stunt double wore Kevla [...]	D
Rick Baker was one of the artists that was brought in by Steven Spielberg to design E.T. for E. [...]	D
To research his role, Will Smith visited an alien encounter convention in Las Vegas.	D
WILHELM SCREAM: When Edgar is pulled into the hole by the bug.	D
Vincent D'Onofrio (Edgar the Bug) was originally going to play Martin Brundle in The Fly II (19 [...]	D
To make them into credible flying saucers, the CGI renditions of the towers at Flushing Meadows [...]	D
The appearance of a female with the initial L (Laurel Weaver/Agent L) appears to be in keeping [...]	D

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