Event Details
A New York police officer is recruited into a secret government organization that helps hide the existence of extraterrestrial visitors from the public, and teams up with a more experienced operative to track down a malicious alien that has taken over a human host. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith make an unexpectedly ideal mismatched pair of heroes, later reuniting for two sequels, and are supported by witty performances from Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn, and a physical tour-de-force from Vincent D’Onofrio as the possessed farmer. Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson won Oscars for their imaginative alien makeup designs; Danny Elfman was nominated for his lively score; and production designer Bo Welch and set decorator Cheryl Carasik were nominated for the film’s art direction, which... deftly combined retro-futurist sets and authentic New York locations.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1997 | 98 min. | USA | Color | English | Rated PG-13 | 35mm
DIRECTED BY: Barry Sonnenfeld
WRITTEN BY: Ed Solomon
PRODUCED BY: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
WITH: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio