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Iron Man

Iron Man

Heroes aren't born. They're built.

20087.72h 6m

Overview

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Don Heck
Produced by Avi Arad, Kevin Feige
Box OfficeBudget: $140.0MRevenue: $585.2M

Top Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Rhodey

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

Obadiah Stane

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Pepper Potts

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb

Christine Everhart

Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub

Yinsen

Faran Tahir

Faran Tahir

Raza

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Agent Coulson

Bill Smitrovich

Bill Smitrovich

General Gabriel

Sayed Badreya

Sayed Badreya

Abu Bakaar

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About Iron Man

Iron Man is a action, science fiction, adventure film released in 2008 exploring themes of middle east, superhero, arms dealer, malibu, based on comic, aftercreditsstinger. Directed by Jon Favreau, it stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges. 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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