Iron Man (2008)

Directed by

Jon Favreau

Written by

Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus

Cast

Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Leslie Bibb, Clark Gregg

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 28,332 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rich arms manufacturer gets kidnapped by terrorists and builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. He then decides to use his invention to fight for good.

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What happens

Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau and written by the teams of Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man alongside Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, and Shaun Toub. In the film, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor to escape from captivity by a terrorist group, and then uses it to become the superhero Iron Man. A film featuring Iron Man was in development at Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and New Line Cinema at various times since 1990 before Marvel Studios reacquired the rights in 2005. Marvel put the project in production as its first self-financed film, with Paramount Pictures distributing. Favreau signed on as director in April 2006 and faced opposition from Marvel when trying to cast Downey in the title role; the actor was signed in September. Filming took place from March to June 2007, primarily in California to differentiate the film from numerous other superhero stories that are set in New York City. During filming, the actors were free to create their own dialogue because pre-production was focused on the story and action. Rubber and metal versions of the armor, created by Stan Winston's company, were mixed with computer-generated imagery to create the title character. Iron Man premiered in Sydney, Australia, on April 14, 2008, and was released in the United States on May 2 as the first film in Phase One of the MCU. It was a commercial success, grossing over $585 million and becoming the eighth-highest grossing film of 2008. It also received positive reviews from critics, who praised Downey's performance and Favreau's balance of character development and special effects. Iron Man was nominated for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects at the 81st Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades, and was named one of the ten best films of the year by the American Film Institute. In 2022, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Two sequels have been released: Iron Man 2 (2010) and Iron Man 3 (2013). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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