Film poster for Men in Black: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster with two (2) men standing side by side taking up the entirety of the poster. Both men stand with arms folded across their chests and wear black suits and black sunglasses. Above the men is outlined block text [MR. JONES MR. SMITH]. In the center of the lower half of the poster are in the movie tag line and title [PROTECTING/THE EARTH/FROM THE/SCUM OF/THE UNIVERSE/MIB/MEN IN BLACK]. Below the title is the billing block in light blue text.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Distributed by: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., founded 1987
• Commissioned by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
• Commissioned by: Amblin Entertainment, American, founded 1981
• Subject of: Will Smith, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Tommy Lee Jones, American
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 39 3/4 × 26 3/4 in. (101 × 67.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Object number: 2014.35.26
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.