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May 2, 2008 · Iron Man: Directed by Jon Favreau. With Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow. After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
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- Jon Favreau
- 2008-05-02
Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum and 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.
May 2, 2008 · 2008's Iron Man tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity.
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―Tony Stark and James Rhodes
is a 2008 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is the first film and installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the first film of Phase One and The Infinity Saga. The film was released on April 30, 2008 internationally and on May 2, 2008 in the United States.
The film is directed by Jon Favreau and stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Terrence Howard as James Rhodes, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.
In 2022, Iron Man became the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to be inducted into the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
2008's Iron Man tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor a...
Playboy and visionary industrial genius Tony Stark, CEO of leading military defense contractor, Stark Industries, is at a casino, blowing off an award ahead of a big day in war-torn Kunar, Afghanistan, to demonstrate his company's new Jericho missile. With him is his friend and military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, a member of the United States Air Force, they arrive.
While riding in a transport convoy, Stark is critically wounded in an ambush and held captive in a cave by the Ten Rings. An electromagnet built by fellow captive Ho Yinsen keeps the shrapnel that wounded Stark from reaching his heart and killing him. The Ten Rings leader, Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar, offers Stark freedom; in exchange, Stark must build a Jericho missile for the terrorists. Stark and Yinsen agree that al-Wazar will not keep his word of letting Stark live.
While pretending to work on the missile, Stark and Yinsen secretly build a powerful electric generator called an Arc Reactor to power Stark's electromagnet. They then begin to build a powered suit of armor, designed by Stark, to help them escape. The Ten Rings ambush the workshop when they discover Stark's plan, but Yinsen sacrifices himself to distract them while Stark's suit powers up. Using the armored suit, Stark fights his way out of the cave to find a mortally wounded Yinsen, who reassures Stark and urges him to continue his escape and not waste his life. An enraged Stark leaves the cave, burns the terrorist's stockpile of Stark Industries-produced weapons, and flies away. Having escaped, Stark crashes in the desert, which destroys the suit.
Having been rescued by a search party, including Rhodes, Stark returns home. He calls a press conference to announce that his company will no longer manufacture weapons, having seen first-hand the strife that they cause in the wrong hands. Obadiah Stane, his father's old partner and the company's manager, informs Stark that this may ruin Stark Industries and his father's legacy.
In his home workshop, Stark spends the following weeks building an improved version of his suit, as well as a more powerful arc reactor for his chest. At Stark's first public appearance after his return, Christine Everhart informs him that Stark Industries weapons, including the Jericho missile, were recently delivered to the Ten Rings and are being used to attack Gulmira, Yinsen's home village. Stark confronts Stane about the supplied weapons and learns that Stane is trying to replace him as head of the company.
Enraged, Stark dons his new armor and flies to Afghanistan, where he saves the citizens of Gulmira from the Ten Rings' wrath. While flying home, Stark is engaged by two F-22 Raptors on behalf of the U.S. Air Force. He phones Rhodes and reveals his identity in an attempt to call off the attack. Meanwhile, the Ten Rings gather the pieces of Stark's prototype suit. Al-Wazar meets with Stane and offers to exchange the suit with him. However, Stane has al-Wazar and his faction eliminated, taking the suit for himself. Returning to Stark Industries, Stane orders his scientists to have a new suit reverse-engineered from the wreckage.
•Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
•Terrence Howard as Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes
•Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
•Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
•Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart
•Shaun Toub as Doctor Ho Yinsen
Locations
•Kunar, Afghanistan •Afghanistan •Ten Rings Base •Las Vegas, Nevada •Caesars Palace •Malibu, California •Tony Stark's Mansion •Santa Monica, California •Stark Industries Aviation Division •Pacific Park •Bagram, Afghanistan •Bagram Air Base •Los Angeles, California •Stark Industries Headquarters •S.H.I.E.L.D. Los Angeles Office •Roxxon Corporation Building •Walt Disney Concert Hall •Lancaster, California •Edwards Air Force Base •Gulmira, Afghanistan •California •Obadiah Stane's Mansion •Sun •Moon •Long Beach, California (footage) •Islamabad, Pakistan (footage) •Karachi, Pakistan (footage) •East Hampton, New York (mentioned) •Bern, Switzerland (mentioned) •New York City, New York (mentioned) •China (mentioned) •Soviet Union (mentioned) •Kandahar, Afghanistan (mentioned) •Canada (mentioned) •South Korea (mentioned) •Seoul (mentioned) •Ukraine (mentioned) •Langley, Virginia (mentioned) •Washington, D.C. (mentioned) •Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (mentioned) •Avalon, California (mentioned) •University of California, Berkeley (mentioned) •Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mentioned) •Brown University (mentioned) •University of Cambridge (mentioned) •Tokyo, Japan (mentioned) •Stuttgart, Germany (mentioned) •Baghdad, Iraq (mentioned)
Events
•Kidnapping of Tony Stark •Battle of Gulmira •Assassination of Ten Rings Operatives •Theft of the Arc Reactor •Duel of Los Angeles •Assassination of Howard and Maria Stark (newspaper) •World War II (mentioned) •Attack on Pearl Harbor (mentioned) •Soviet-Afghan War (mentioned) •Hindenburg disaster (mentioned)
Items
•Iron Man Armors •Mark I Iron Man Armor •Mark II Iron Man Armor •Mark III Iron Man Armor •Arc Reactor •Palladium •Iron Monger Armor •Omnium Steel •Jericho •Sonic Taser •Dum-E and U •Pick-Lock Device •Bulletproof Vest •Stark Industries Fragmentation Shell •Captain America's Shield (replica) •LG VX9400 •••Atomic Bomb (mentioned) •Tactical Satellite Program (mentioned)
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May 2, 2008 · Overview. After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Jon Favreau. Director. Art Marcum. Screenplay. Hawk Ostby. Screenplay. Matt Holloway. Screenplay. Mark Fergus. Screenplay. Full Cast & Crew. Reviews. Discussions 9. A review by The Movie Mob. 100 %
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