Men in Black

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action film comedy film film science fiction film

Men in Black is a popular sci-fi action-comedy film about a secret government agency that monitors and regulates extraterrestrial activity on Earth.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Men in Black canonical	27
Men in Black 3	5
Men in Black II	4
Men in Black (1997 film)	3
Men in Black franchise	3
Men in Black: International	3
Men in Black film series	2
Agent K in Men in Black	1
Men in Black (film series)	1
Men in Black agents	1
Men in Black organization	1
The Men in Black	1
film "Men in Black"	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ
basedOn	Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance	major commercial success ⓘ
character	Agent J ⓘ Agent K ⓘ Edgar the Bug ⓘ Zed ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Donald Peterman ⓘ
comicPublisherOfSourceMaterial	Aircel Comics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Barry Sonnenfeld ⓘ
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jim Miller ⓘ Richard Pearson ⓘ
franchise	Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Men in Black franchise
genre	action ⓘ comedy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasSequel	Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Men in Black 3 Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Men in Black II
hasSpinOff	Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Men in Black: International
language	English ⓘ
musicBy	Danny Elfman ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
notableFor	blend of science fiction, action, and comedy ⓘ use of special effects and creature design ⓘ
plotFocus	secret government agency monitoring extraterrestrial activity on Earth ⓘ
producer	Laurie MacDonald ⓘ Walter F. Parkes ⓘ
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment ⓘ Columbia Pictures ⓘ
rating	PG-13 ⓘ
releaseDate	1997-07-02 ⓘ
releaseYear	1997 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 98 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Ed Solomon ⓘ
setIn	New York City ⓘ
starredActor	Linda Fiorentino ⓘ Rip Torn ⓘ Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ Vincent D'Onofrio ⓘ Will Smith ⓘ
themeSongPerformer	Will Smith ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Men in Black film series

Rip Torn → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Rip Torn → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Donald Peterman → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Men in Black

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Men in Black → hasSequel → Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Men in Black → hasSpinOff → Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Men in Black → franchise → Men in Black self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Men in Black franchise

Amblin Entertainment → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Alice Eve → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Will Smith → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Becky Ann Baker → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Vincent D'Onofrio → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Verne Troyer → appearedIn → Men in Black ⓘ

New York State Pavilion → culturalAppearance → Men in Black ⓘ

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Laurie MacDonald → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Men in Black (1997 film)

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this entity surface form: Men in Black (1997 film)

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Carel Struycken → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Barry Sonnenfeld → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Lucy Fisher → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

Elmore Rual Torn Jr. → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Rip → notableWork → Men in Black ⓘ

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Zed in Men in Black → appearsIn → Men in Black ⓘ