Men in Black: The Script and the Story Behind the Film FROM THE PUBLISHER
The official companion book to the sci-fi comedy adventure. Included in this book are the complete Ed Solomon screenplay and more than 150 full-color photos, along with production design artwork and the behind-the-scenes story of how the film was made. A special bonus section, The Official MIB Agent's Manual, features profiles of America's "Most Wanted Aliens," a Weapons Catalog, a Field Placement Evaluation for new recruits, and the MIB Dress Code. 150 color photos, drawings.
The Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks, official companions to films, large format (8 3/8 x 10 7/8), heavily illustrated throughout, with color photographs, details on the making of the film, background on the filmmakers and cast.
SYNOPSIS
With the Oscars right around the corner, bn.com is proud to welcome Ed Solomon, the screenwriter for the Oscar-nominated blockbuster hit "Men in Black," for the second segment in an evening of screenwriting chats. Solomon's darkly funny script for the film, reprinted in its entirety in the book, retains the major elements of Lowell Cunningham's comic book, yet brings to it a unique quality that helped make "Men in Black" one of the most popular movies of the year.
Men in Black: The Script and the Story Behind the Film provides readers with an action-packed screenplay that comes alive in the book's pages. In three sections, illustrated throughout with more than 150 full-color production and special-effect stills and drawings, the book contains the film's full shooting script, a section on the production of the film, and a bonus section, the "Official Men in Black Agent's Manual." The book also includes forewords by director Barry Sonnenfeld and producers Walter F. Parker and Laurie MacDonald on the urban legend of the "Men in Black."
So please join bn.com as we welcome Ed Solomon in the Auditorium to answer questions about Men in Black: The Script and the Story Behind the Film -- and whatever questions you may have about screenwriting and Hollywood in general.
FROM THE CRITICS
School Library Journal
YAThis book traces the metamorphosis of a story that went from being an urban legend, to becoming an offbeat comic book of the 1960s, to its success as a commercial film. The various steps from idea to script to movie are outlined, and feedback is provided from the director, Steven Spielberg. Every page offers photographs from the movie, a drawing of a UFO, or other visual tie-ins. A script of the film is included as is the "Official" Men in Black Agent's manual.
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