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Iron Man (2008)

PG_13 126 min  -  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi  -   2 May 2008 (USA)
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When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.

Director:

Jon Favreau

Writers:

Mark Fergus (screenplay), Hawk Ostby (screenplay), and 6 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Downey Jr. ...
Terrence Howard ...
Jeff Bridges ...
Gwyneth Paltrow ...
Leslie Bibb ...
Shaun Toub ...
Faran Tahir ...
Clark Gregg ...
Bill Smitrovich ...
Sayed Badreya ...
Paul Bettany ...
Jarvis (voice)
Jon Favreau ...
Peter Billingsley ...
Tim Guinee ...
Will Lyman ...
Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
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Storyline

Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile, he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack. He uses the armored suit to escape. Back in the U.S. he announces his company will cease making weapons and he begins work on an updated armored suit only to find that Obadiah Stane, his second in command at Stark industries has been selling Stark weapons to the insurgents. He uses his new suit to return to Afghanistan to destroy the arms and then to stop Stane from misusing his research. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Missile | Armor | Afghanistan | Genius | Playboy  | See more »

Taglines:

Heroes aren't born. They're built. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Persian | Urdu | Arabic

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ironman See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$102,118,668 (USA) (4 May 2008) (4105 Screens)

Gross:

$585,174,222 (Worldwide) (2 October 2008)
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

SDDS  | Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The sound used during a target lock on in Iron Man's Head Up Display (HUD) is the sound of the laser cannon firing in the original Space Invaders game. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Pepper is helping Tony replace the power source in his chest, her hand alternates from dry to wet to dry to wet again with the "pus". See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Tony Stark: I feel like you're driving me to court martial. This is crazy. What did I do? I feel like you're gonna pull over and snuff me. What, you're not allowed to talk? Hey, Forrest!
Jimmy: We can talk, sir.
Tony Stark: Oh, I see. So it's personal.
Ramirez: No, you intimidate them.
Tony Stark: Good God, you're a woman! I honestly, I couldn't have called that. I mean, I would apologize, but isn't that what we're going for here? I thought of you as a soldier first.
Ramirez: I'm an airman.
Tony Stark: Well, you have actually excellent bone structure there. I'm kinda having a hard time not looking at you now. Is that weird?
[...]
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Crazy Credits

Part of the closing credits are seen against computer-graphic renders of armoured suits. One of the renders is an armour with a Gatling gun attached - the War Machine suit, which would appear in Iron Man 2. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Paul Rudd/Beyoncé (#34.8)" (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Groovetronic"
Written and Performed by Terry Devine-King
Courtesy of Non Stop See more »