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Movie
German title Iron man
Original title Iron man
Ironman Logo.jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 126 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
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Director Jon Favreau
script Mark Fergus
Hawk Ostby
Art Marcum
Matt Holloway
production Avi Arad
Kevin Feige
music Ramin Djawadi
camera Matthew Libatique
cut Dan Lebental
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The critically acclaimed lead actor Robert Downey Jr. during the promotion of the film in Mexico City

Iron Man ( American pronunciation: [ 'aɪɘrnˌmæn ] British pronunciation: [ ' aɪɘnˌmæn ]) is an American action and science fiction - feature film from the year 2008 , of a comic book adaptation of the superhero - comic book character Iron Man of the publishing house Marvel based. Directed by Jon Favreau , with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead . In the USA Paramount Pictures was responsible for the distribution , in Germany Concorde. The official film launch took place in the USA on May 2nd, 2008, in Germany on May 1st.

Iron Man is the first self-financed film produced directly by Marvel Studios , a production company owned by Marvel , which is part of a cohesive universe called the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

Iron Man was widely praised by critics , in particular lead actor Robert Downey Jr. The film grossed over $ 585 million at box offices worldwide, won an MTV Movie Award and three Saturn Awards , and was nominated for an Oscar in two sub-categories .

action

The arms industrialist , multi-billionaire and playboy Tony Stark presented his new missile system called "Jericho" in Afghanistan . On the way back to the airport, the terrorist organization "Ten Rings" attacked his convoy. Stark is seriously injured and captured by a missile from his own company, Stark Industries. A fellow prisoner named Yinsen performs an emergency operation on Stark, whose body was penetrated by fragments of metal from the rocket explosion. An electromagnet implanted in his chest is said to prevent the splinters from reaching his heart and killing him.

Raza, one of the leaders of the "Ten Rings", and his henchman Abu Bakaar tortured Stark to recreate his "Jericho" missile system for his freedom. However, since Stark suspects that they would kill him after completion, he only makes an appearance of the demand, instead constructing a miniature version of the year earlier invented by his father (in the comic by himself) with the help of Yinsen " ARK reactor ”(more analogous translation:“ arc reactor ”), which replaces the electromagnet in its chest. The two then secretly build a high-tech armor equipped with weapon systems , which is operated by the reactor in Stark's chest and is supposed to enable him to escape. As the terrorists become suspicious before the armament is operational, Yinsen sacrifices himself to give Stark the time he needs. With the help of the armor, Tony succeeds in destroying the weapons supply of his kidnappers and flees, but the armor breaks. After leaving the remains in the desert, Stark is found by American troops who are taking him back to the United States.

On the day of his return, Tony calls a press conference at which he announces that his company will be pulling out of the arms business - until then the main business of Stark Industries. Obadiah Stane, a former companion of Tony's late father Howard and deputy managing director of Stark Industries, doesn't like this at all. Stane advises Tony to stay out of the public eye, but behind his back questions Tony's decision-making ability and tries to exclude him from the company's management. Meanwhile, members of the "Ten Rings" under the leadership of Raza discover the remains of the armor in the desert.

Soon after, Tony learns that Stane was illegally selling weapons behind his back - including to his kidnappers, whose further connection to Stane was not yet known. Through this, Stane worked on the Stark Industries board of directors to overthrow Tony as managing director. To make amends for the damage done by his weapons, Tony develops an improved version of his armor and an even more powerful ARC reactor. After various tests, he flies back to Afghanistan in fully operational armor and frees a village from the violence of the "Ten Rings". While he leaves Abu Bakaar to the villagers and destroys other weapons developed by Stark Industries, Raza manages to escape. On the flight back Tony is discovered by the US military and two F-22 - fighter planes intercepted. While trying to shake off his pursuers, he accidentally crashes one of the two planes, but is able to save the pilot. To avoid further persecution by the U.S. military, Tony reveals to his friend, Lt. Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes that he's in armor himself.

Meanwhile, the authorities are also interested in the circumstances of Tony's escape from the violence of his kidnappers. Phil Coulson, an agent of the secret service called "Strategic Home Intervention, Operations and Logistics Division", can first be brushed off by Tony's personal assistant "Pepper" Potts. After returning from Afghanistan again, Tony is surprised by Pepper while trying to get rid of his armor, and he then reveals his secret.

In the meantime, Stane goes to Afghanistan, where he removes the armaments from Raza, whom he had put on Tony himself at the time, and has him and his people disposed of. Back in the USA, he lets the scientists at Stark Industries build improved, larger armor based on Tony's first armor, but the scientists fail to reduce the size of the ARC reactor in order to equip the armor with an energy source. Meanwhile, Pepper went to Tony's office and found not only the plans for Stane's armor on the company computer, but also a video that proves that Stane commissioned the attack on Tony's life. When Stane surprised Pepper, she managed to escape from the company headquarters with the help of Agent Coulson, but before she could warn Tony, Stane ambushed Tony in his mansion, paralyzed him and stole the ARC reactor from his chest. Since, contrary to Tony's instructions, Pepper did not destroy the previous model of the reactor, he puts it back in his chest to save his life.

Meanwhile, Coulson has requested reinforcements, and together with Pepper, the agents gain access to Stane's laboratory. However, Stane has meanwhile managed to get his armament going with the help of the stolen ARC reactor. Before he can kill Pepper, Tony confronts him in his own armor. Although the older reactor in Tony's chest is barely able to supply his current armor with energy, Tony manages to make Stane's armor temporarily incapacitated by a trick. When he thinks he has defeated Stane, Stane attacks again. Tony, whose energy reserves are almost exhausted, orders Pepper to overload the large ARK reactor in Stark Industries' laboratory. The energy released this way destroys the circuits of Stane's armor, whereupon he and his armor fall into the reactor, which then explodes.

On the next day, on the instructions of Agent Coulson, whose authority is now simply called " SHIELD ", Stark read a prepared statement at a press conference, according to which the camera-filmed "Iron Man" (German: "Eisenmann") as he was from called in the press to be a bodyguard. Stane is said to have died in a private plane crash. Instead, Tony announced that he was Iron Man himself.

In a scene after the credits , Tony returns home where Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, is waiting for him and proposing to join the Avenger Initiative .

Important figures

Jeff Bridges changed his appearance significantly for his role as Tony Stark's opponent Obadiah Stane
Shaun Toub plays Yinsen, the Tony Stark-loving Afghan
Faran Tahir plays Raza
Clark Gregg plays SHIELD agent Phil Coulson

Iron Man / Anthony "Tony" Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. ) is the son of industrialist Howard Stark who was involved in the Manhattan Project . Tony has been a brilliant inventor himself since he was a child. After his father's death and reaching adulthood, he took over the reins of his father's company, Stark Industries, and became a well-known, risk-taker playboy . One of the basic ideas behind the portrayal of the role was, as it was in the case of the comic book, that of a "modern Howard Hughes ". Following a weapons presentation in Afghanistan, Tony is injured in a rocket explosion and captured by terrorists. An electromagnet that has been implanted in his chest is said to prevent shrapnel from entering his heart. Tony replaces the electromagnet with a scaled-down version of the "ARK reactor" he invented (more analogous translation: " arc reactor") and, together with his fellow prisoner Yinsen, develops high-tech armor that helps him escape. After his return to the USA, he decides to withdraw immediately from the armaments business and develops improved armor, with the help of which he becomes a superhero, whom the media give the name “Iron Man” (German: “Eisenmann”). At the end of the film, Tony reveals his identity as Iron Man to the public.

Three models of Iron Man's armor are used in the film: “Mark I” is the first armor that Tony and Yinsen build together in the cave in Afghanistan from rocket parts and other weapon systems and that is destroyed after Tony's successful escape and by him in the desert "Mark II" is a prototype developed by Tony, who returned to the USA, and used for his first flight tests, and "Mark III" is the first fully operational model that Tony first field-tested on his return to Afghanistan undergoes. The "Mark III" -Rüstung consists of a fictitious gold - titanium - alloy and is first painted in red and gold colors. Tony uses a holographic head-up display inside the helmet for control.

Obadiah "Obi" Stane ( Jeff Bridges ) is a former business partner of Tony Stark's father, Howard. After Howard's death, Stane took over the reins of Stark Industries until the now grown-up Tony succeeded his father. In order to bring the company back under his control, Stane uses the terrorist organization called "the Ten Rings" on Tony, which is supposed to kill him in Afghanistan, but instead kidnaps him. After Tony's return to the United States and his announcement that he would retire from the arms business, Stane tries to intrigue Tony to remove control of Stark Industries. After receiving the original armor from the "Ten Rings" that Tony used to escape in Afghanistan, Stane has his scientists develop larger, improved armor. Tony, his assistant Pepper and the secret service SHIELD find out about him, whereupon Stane starts his armor. In the end, Tony succeeds in defeating Stane, with the latter falling into the original ARK reactor and apparently killing him in the process.

Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes ( Terrence Howard ) is in the service of the US Air Force and is the liaison between Stark Industries and the US military and also a personal friend of Tony Stark, whom he supports despite his often irresponsible actions. Rhodes is the first result of a confrontation between Tony and two F-22 - fighter planes learns that Tony himself is in his development of the military and for providing that the Air Force apart from further persecution.

Virginia "Pepper" Potts ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) is Tony Stark's personal assistant and close confidante. Tony himself acknowledges that without her help he couldn't handle many things in everyday life, and Pepper sticks to her employer despite his occasional antics. Pepper is the second person after Rhodes to reveal the secret of Tony's identity as an armored superhero. The film briefly suggests the possibility of a romance between her and Tony, but both initially discarded it.

Yinsen ( Shaun Toub ) is a doctor and engineer from a (fictional) Afghan village called Gulmira, who Tony Stark met a few years earlier at a conference (see Iron Man 3 ) . Under unexplained circumstances, he was captured by the "Ten Rings" and forced to save the life of Tony Stark, who was injured by a rocket explosion. Yinsen speaks several languages ​​and acts as an interpreter between Tony and Abu Bakaar. It is Yinsen who appeals to Tony's pride, whereupon the latter, with Yinsen's help, builds armor that should enable him to escape. With their captors suspicious before the armor is operational, Yinsen sacrifices his life to buy Tony the time he needs. After he eliminated some of his kidnappers and caused the others to retreat, the dying Yinsen confessed that this was his plan, since his family was killed by the "Ten Rings" and he sees no reason to go on living. With his last words, he tells Tony not to waste his life.

Raza ( Faran Tahir ) is one of the leaders of the terrorist organization called "The Ten Rings" and is responsible for the kidnapping of Tony Stark in Afghanistan. He reports to Abu Bakaar ( Sayed Badreya ), who, unlike Raza, does not speak English. During Tony's escape from the violence of his kidnappers in his first armor, Raza is injured, but survives and later discovers the remains of the armor with his people in the desert. Abu Bakaar and his people later terrorize the Afghan village of Gulmira, but Tony stands in their way in his improved armor, eliminates Abu's people and leaves Abu to the villagers himself. Raza in turn hands over the seized armor to his ally Obadiah Stane, who, however, temporarily paralyzes Raza and has his people killed. Raza's fate remains uncertain.

Jarvis (voice of Paul Bettany ) is an artificial intelligence that controls all systems in Tony Stark's house and workshop and often speaks with a sarcastic undertone when interacting with Tony. Jarvis is also responsible for developing Tony's Iron Man armor.

Christine Everhart ( Leslie Bibb ) is a reporter for Vanity Fair magazine and interviews Tony Stark at the beginning of the film, who then spends the night with her, but lets Pepper pull her out the next morning. She later confronts him with the fact that despite his announcement of his withdrawal from the arms business, weapons were being delivered to rebels in Afghanistan by Stark Industries, prompting Tony to go there in his upgraded armor and the terrorists as well as his to render developed weapons harmless.

Phil Coulson ( Clark Gregg ) is an agent of the fictional secret service called "Strategic Home Intervention, Operations and Logistics Division", whose name isshortenedto " SHIELD "at the end of the film. He tried several times to ask Tony Stark about the circumstances surrounding his escape from the violence of his kidnappers in Afghanistan, but was repeatedly rejected. After Pepper Potts discovered that Obadiah Stane had given the order to attack Tony, she leaves Stark Industries' headquarters, accompanied by Coulson, who actually wanted to speak to Tony. After Coulson has requested reinforcements, he and Pepper go to the Stark Industries laboratory to arrest Stane, but the latter has already put his armor into operation and attacks the agents until Tony / Iron Man manages to stop him. At the end of the film, Coulson instructs Tony to read a prepared statement at a press conference denying any involvement in Iron Man's activities, but instead Tony reveals to the press that he is Iron Man himself. In a scene after the credits, Tony receives a visit from Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ), director of SHIELD, who proposes that he join the "Avengers Initiative".

Director Jon Favreau also has a small supporting role as "Happy" Hogan , the chauffeur and bodyguard Tony Starks.

Background information

Emergence

Director Jon Favreau during the promotion of the film in Mexico City
Terrence Howard while preparing for the film at Edwards Air Force Base
The Santa Monica Pier was the first location, but it was shot with the second unit
The Point Dume in Malibu is the location of Tony Stark's estate in the film
The Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas was one of the last filming locations
Guitarist Tom Morello plays a small role as a terrorist in the film

There had been plans for a real - life version of the Iron Man comics for a long time. In 1990 Universal Studios acquired the rights to a film adaptation from Marvel . Stuart Gordon was scheduled to direct, but the project never got beyond the planning phase. In 1996, 20th Century Fox Universal bought the rights. In 1997, Nicolas Cage , who is an avowed fan of comics, came into the conversation as the main actor, and a year later, Tom Cruise was mentioned as the actor of Tony Stark. In the meantime, comic author Stan Lee , one of Iron Man's inventors, wrote a first draft of the plot, which was to be adapted as a script by Jeff Vintar. This draft script was later revised by Jeffrey Caine , and in 1999 Fox negotiated with Quentin Tarantino , who would direct the film. However, this project was never realized, and in 2000 Fox finally sold the rights to New Line Cinema . Authors such as Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Tim McCanlies, Alfred Gough , Miles Millar and David Hayter wrote various script drafts, while initially Joss Whedon , later Nick Cassavetes, was the director. Although a release in 2006 was planned, these attempts never got beyond the script phase, and in 2005 New Line finally returned the rights to Marvel.

Marvel took the opportunity to dare a new strategy for future comic adaptations: Due to retrospectively disadvantageous contracts that had been concluded in the 1990s, Marvel had only been able to post low license income for film adaptations of its own comics. Future film adaptations should therefore enable Marvel to gain a greater share of the profits by expanding the publisher's own Marvel Studios , which until then had only acted as licensor, to an actual film production company , while Paramount Pictures should take over the distribution. Marvel took out a $ 525 million loan from Merrill Lynch to fund this venture . Marvel also wanted to keep more creative control over the film adaptations in this way and ensure that the actions and representations of the characters did not differ too much from the comic books. One of the basic ideas behind the new approach was that all films that would be produced by Marvel Studios should play similarly to the comic books in a cohesive universe, which should enable crossovers and appearances of the same characters in different films. Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, gave this universe the name " Marvel Cinematic Universe ".

The first film produced directly by Marvel Studios was to be Iron Man . Jon Favreau was confirmed as a director in April 2006. Originally, Favreau was supposed to direct a film adaptation of the first three books by John Carter vom Mars . When the project that would later become John Carter - Between Two Worlds failed, he took over the direction of Iron Man instead . Favreau wanted to take a different path than many other directors and launched his own Myspace page in May 2006 , where he wanted to give comic fans the opportunity to communicate with him and contribute their own ideas. He also wanted to officially announce news in an uncomplicated way and refute false rumors. The most important inspirations for the character of Tony Stark and the humorous tone of the film are named by Favreau Howard Hughes and the character of James Bond , as he was portrayed in the films in which Sean Connery or Roger Moore played the leading role. It was important to Favreau to give a lot of space to the genesis of the main character and thus to give the audience the opportunity to participate emotionally in Tony Stark's transformation into a hero. On the other hand, he wanted to modernize the genesis of the comic book, which originally still used the Vietnam War as a setting, in order to take into account the changed political, economic and social world situation as well as technological progress.

The first script versions were written by Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway. Later versions were written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and John August finally fine-tuned the final version. A fan-requested storyline from the comics concerned Tony's alcoholism , but since the story in question came about two decades after Iron Man first appeared, Favreau wanted to save it for a later film. For Favreau it was important that the plot and the characters were the focus of the film and not the special effects, which was also reflected in his choice of cast. Robert Downey Jr. actively competed for the lead role, and despite his drug history, Jon Favreau and Kevin Feige managed to convince their superiors of Downey. One of the reasons for choosing Downey, according to Favreau and Feige, was that in Marvel films, the brand , the image of the title character, is the real "star", not the name of the main actor. Instead, it is better to rely on talented actors who actually fit the role. The cast of Downey was officially announced in September 2006. Terrence Howard's official announcement followed in October 2006, while Gwyneth Paltrow's signing was confirmed in January 2007. The final script wasn't finished until four months after filming began, and many scenes, such as between Downey and Paltrow, were rewritten on set or even improvised by the cast. The budget of the film is given by various sources as 140 or 186 million US dollars. Officially, the budget was ultimately undercut.

Kevin Feige cites the fact that the individual departments of Marvel Studios - the film production department of Marvel Studios, the comics department and the animation department - remained separate for a long time and there was hardly any overlap as a lack of previous Marvel adaptations. For this reason, he made it very important that the authors and editors of the comics should work with the makers of the film. The authors and editors Mark Millar , Brian Michael Bendis , Joe Quesada (the then editor-in-chief Marvels), Tom Brevoort, Axel Alonso and Ralph Macchio were allowed to examine concept drafts and inspect the film sets and props under development and also read the script and make suggestions for improvement contribute. In an earlier version of the script, the "Mandarin", a recurring opponent of Iron Man from the comics, was intended as an adversary , but Millar advised against this idea. For this reason, the role of Obadiah Stane, who was originally only intended for the sequel as the main villain, was expanded. The name of the terrorist organization "Ten Rings" is supposed to allude to the Mandarin, who could now possibly appear in a later film, but with a different motivation than its comic model. In a scene that was not used in the final version of the film, Tony would have tried to save Stane from falling into the ARK reactor at the end, but Stane would have tried to pull Tony with him instead. The scene is included in bonus footage from the movie's DVD and Blu-ray releases.

The decision to start the film with a flashback should, according to director Jon Favreau, serve the purpose of making the character of Tony Stark appear more personable. By anticipating his later fate - seriously wounded and at the hands of terrorists - the viewer should be less resentful of the behavior shown afterwards, which ultimately led to his imprisonment in Afghanistan, than if the film starred directly with an egocentric Tony Would start strong.

With the exception of the scenes in Las Vegas, which were filmed on location at the end of the main filming, Iron Man was mainly filmed in California to avoid the typical comic strip setting on the east coast of the USA and especially New York City . In this context, director Jon Favreau mentions the fact that Howard Hughes also developed his first aircraft in California as decisive. Accordingly, the film also gave a lot of space to Tony's first attempts at flight. Additionally, the interior of Tony Stark's property was set in a warehouse in Playa Vista, Los Angeles , which is actually the same hangar for the former Hughes Aircraft Company where Hughes once developed his Spruce Goose . The exterior view of Tony's property in the film was put together from elements of real buildings and digitally incorporated into a vacant cliff at the tip of the Point Dume headland in Malibu . Part of the film was shot at Edwards Air Force Base because it had served as the basis for test flights for numerous aircraft developments. The portrayal of the military in the script was officially approved by the US Department of Defense , and over 150 US Air Force pilots and about a dozen Marines acted in extras. Tony's return to the US was filmed inside a C-17 transport plane , and an F-22 and Global Hawk drone are featured in one scene as "props". In preparation for his role as Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force, Terrence Howard visited Nellis Air Force Base before filming began . The exterior shots of the scenes that take place in the mountains of Afghanistan were shot in Lone Pine . While shooting in the sand dunes of Olancha, California, which portray the desert of Afghanistan in the film, a strong sandstorm occurred that lasted two days and was quickly incorporated into the film.

Director Jon Favreau plays Tony Stark's chauffeur and bodyguard, Happy Hogan. He took on the role in the expectation that it could be expanded further in a possible sequel. During the production, Favreau lost about 34 kilograms in weight, which is why his stoutness fluctuates in the film. Peter Billingsley, the film's executive producer , plays a small role as William Ginter Riva, one of Stane's scientists. Tom Morello also plays a small role as a member of the “Ten Rings” and was also involved as a guitarist on the film music composed by Ramin Djawadi . Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC telecast Mad Money , takes place in a short business sequence itself. Even the rapper Ghostface Killah should have had a cameo, but his scene in the final cut version of the film is missing. The scene is included in bonus footage from the movie's DVD and Blu-ray releases. Ghostface Killah also contributed a song that so far can only be heard in the film itself.

The design of the "Mark III" armor Iron Man was developed by illustrator Phil Saunders together with comic artist Adi Granov, whose work for the then current comics (from 2005) was one of the most important inspirations for the first drafts for film design, according to Jon Favreau. Favreau wanted to contact Granov himself, but Granov got ahead of him and contacted him via Favreau's Myspace page. During the shoot, Downey and his stunt doubles actually acted in armor specially adapted to their body proportions, although in the case of Iron Man's "Mark II" and "Mark III" armor, the joints and a large part of the legs were often left free for greater freedom of movement , removed by green screen and replaced in the computer with the appropriate armor. In other scenes, however, Downey and his stunt doubles only acted in motion capture suits, and the armor was added to the computer for these scenes. Conception designer Ryan Meinerding came up with the idea of ​​designing the “Mark I” armor so that it looks like it has been assembled from parts of other weapons. The complete “Mark I” armor, including flamethrowers, weighed around 50 kilograms, which not only posed great challenges for Downey, but also for his stunt double Mike Justus. For some scenes with the "Mark I" armor, director Jon Favreau himself acted in a motion capture suit. It was important to Favreau to use as many physical special effects as possible instead of computer effects, and the audience should try not to notice the differences between the two methods. For Tony's first flight attempts, Downey's feet and those of his stunt double in the "Mark II" armor were attached to a special rope construction to give the impression in the film that he was actually being kept in the air by repulsor thrusters in his boots. In general, Downey made it important to play as many stunt scenes as possible himself. The physical armor was developed by Stan Winston Studios, who were already involved in Favreau's film Zathura - An Adventure in Space and who actively applied for the contract. Obadiah Stane's "Iron Monger" armor, which was moved by puppeteers, was around three meters tall and weighed over 350 kilograms. In addition, a dummy upper body with an opening chest was built in which actor Jeff Bridges could sit. The movement of the upper body could be simulated through a cardanic suspension .

Among the vehicles in Tony's workshop is a 1967 AC Cobra S / C , which is destroyed in its "Mark II" armor during its rough landing after the first test flight. A replica from Poland valued at $ 50,000 was used for the shoot . The remaining vehicles are a 1932 Ford Model B Flathead Roadster, a Saleen S7 , a 2008 Audi R8 and a prototype Tesla Roadster . The Ford that Tony is working on in the flashback at the beginning of the film is actually owned by director Jon Favreau, while the R8 that Tony drives around in several scenes is part of the movie's product placement . Even Burger King , Vanity Fair , Segway , CNBC and several dozen other brands were placed advertising appeal in the film.

Much of the computer effects came from Industrial Light & Magic , which Favreau chose because he liked her work on the films Pirates of the Caribbean and Transformers . ILM was also responsible for digitally revising the footage of the physical armaments. In addition, ILM created computer models of the film sets in order to be able to use them in the event of subsequent script changes or for changed camera settings. Other effects, including the head-up display scenes inside Iron Man's helmet, inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey , came from The Orphanage studio, which was once founded by former ILM employees. The Canadian studio The Embassy, ​​in turn, was responsible for the scenes in which the "Mark I" armor can be seen. In addition to images of the armor itself, the animators at The Embassy also used images of the face of Robert Downey Jr. as a template so that his eyes could be seen behind the slits of the helmet.

The post-credits scene in which Tony Stark meets Nick Fury was written by comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis and, for reasons of secrecy, shot with a minimal crew. Since information about the shoot turned up on the Internet less than a week later, the scene was missing from all press screenings of the film on the advice of Kevin Feige in order to surprise the fans.

Reference to the template

Comic artist Adi Granov was involved in developing the design of Iron Man's film armor
Leslie Bibb's role as Christine Everhart has so far made more appearances in the movies than her role model in the comics
As in almost every Marvel film adaptation,
Stan Lee , one of Iron Man's inventors, has a brief cameo

The story of how Iron Man came about is roughly the same as the comic book, with Tony Stark in the original story from 1963 being captured by the Viet Cong in Vietnam . In later decades, the scene was changed from the Vietnam War to the Gulf War and, in a story from 2004, to the Afghan War . Tony's decision to retire from the armaments business came in the comics only nine years after Iron Man first appeared, while Tony Stark's hairstyle and goatee as portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. are modeled on the character's modern look, such as it has been in the comics since the late 1990s. The portrayal, invented by SHIELD and rejected by Tony, that Iron Man is just a bodyguard, was actually used by Tony's classic comic book version to conceal his identity. The idea of ​​making one's identity known to the public has been used several times in comics from the “classic” Marvel universe, but has been reversed each time. In contrast, the identity of an alternative version of Iron Man from the " Ultimate Universe ", which also provides a template for several elements of the film, is actually publicly known from the start. The name of Tony's company changed several times in the comics, from "Stark Industries" to "Stark International" and later to "Stark Enterprises", but the name in the comics was changed back to "Stark Industries" to match the film's release.

In the comics, too, Iron Man's armor changed several times over the years, and the individual models were numbered exactly as in the film until the 1980s. The “Mark-I” armor from the film, including the dull gray color scheme, is based on the armor from the first comic adventures. In the film, emphasis was placed on ensuring that the armor actually looks as if it was made from parts of existing weapons. The “Mark III” model is loosely based on later models of armor, with the red and gold coloring in the comics first used in late 1963. Director Jon Favreau mentions the design that cartoonist Adi Granov developed in 2005 for the then new fourth Iron Man comic series as the inspiration for the look of the armor used in the film. Granov himself was involved in the preparation of the film design. The design of the “Mark II” prototype was developed backwards from the “Mark III” design, with the silver chrome color being inspired by a black and white rendered computer model.

Obadiah Stane was also a former business partner of Tony's father in the comics, but he had founded his own company there, Stane International, and later brought Stark International (the then name of Tony's company in the comics) under his control, while Tony in the meantime struggled with his alcoholism. Based on Tony's Iron Man armor, Stane had his own armor developed and called himself “Iron Monger” (German: “Iron trader”), but was finally defeated by Tony, whereupon he committed suicide in order to be prosecuted by the authorities to withdraw. The name “Iron Monger” is not mentioned in the film itself in relation to the armor, but is used in the bonus material of the DVD and Blu-ray release by several participants, including director Jon Favreau. At an earlier point in the film, however, Stane describes himself and Tony as "iron mongers" (translated as "Eisenschmiede" in the German dubbed version). Jeff Bridges volunteered to shave his bald head to look more like the comic book template of his role as Obadiah Stane, although Favreau did not ask him to do so.

Pepper Potts has been Tony Stark's secretary in the comics since the early days of Iron Man's adventures. For a long time her role was that of the hero's classic potential lover, who, however, can never bring himself to confess his feelings for her. Instead of Tony, however, she ended up having a relationship with his chauffeur and bodyguard, Happy Hogan, whom she eventually married. In the comics, Happy learned of Tony's dual identity as Iron Man some time before Pepper - in fact, it was Happy who finally let Pepper in on Tony's secret. For the film, Pepper has been modernized in terms of casting the role with Gwyneth Paltrow and is instead of Tony's secretary his personal assistant and therefore his closest confidante. Just like Bridges, Jon Favreau changed his hairstyle to look more like his comic book idol as Happy Hogan, but eventually opted for a wig.

Jim Rhodes was not introduced into the comics until the late 1970s, but was subsequently incorporated into the history of Iron Man's genesis: After his escape from captivity by the Viet Cong, Tony saved the soldier Rhodes in his Iron Man armor, the one behind the enemy Lines, and as Tony Stark made him an offer to become his personal pilot. Years later, Rhodes accepted the offer and became one of Tony's closest confidants, who also represented him several times as Iron Man, until he finally got his own armor and the name "War Machine" (German: "war machine") accepted. This is only hinted at in the film when Rhodes watches the flying Tony in the "Mark III" armor, takes a look at the empty "Mark II" in the room and comments with the words "Sometime, baby". In the film's sequel, Iron Man 2 , Rhodes then gets his own armor.

Ho Yinsen was originally Chinese in the comics, and just like in the film, he helped Tony build his first armor to enable him to escape from the North Vietnamese Viet Cong. Although the location of Iron Man's genesis was changed in later decades from the Vietnam War to the Gulf War and finally to the Afghan War in a 2004 story, Ho Yinsen's name was never changed.

Tony Stark's late father Howard made his first appearance as part of a flashback in a story from 1970. His involvement in the Manhattan Project , however, was only established in a story from 1990.

Christine Everhart had her first and so far only appearance in a story in the comics in 2004 and worked there for the fictional newspaper Daily Bugle, known from the Spider-Man comics .

The name "Jarvis" goes back to the comic figure of Edwin Jarvis. In contrast to the film Jarvis, however, the latter is a person who has been working as a butler for the superhero team called "The Avengers" since the stories from the early 1960s and paid for it by Tony Stark becomes. In the comics, too, the computer systems in Tony's mansion had an artificial intelligence, which was named "HOMER", since a story from 1993. A few years later, after the destruction of her body, the consciousness of a female robot named Jocasta was temporarily transferred to the computer systems of Tony's property, where she took on tasks similar to HOMER or Jarvis in the film. In 2009, a year after the film, the film version of Jarvis was also introduced in the comics, with the artificial intelligence here based on the personality of the Edwin Jarvis human.

The name of the "Ten Rings" is intended to refer to a classic comic book opponent Iron Man, the "Mandarin", who was intended as an opponent of Iron Man in an earlier version of the screenplay of the film. Accordingly, the lettering on the terrorists' flags is not Arabic , but Mongolian . "Raza" is the name of a villain from the Marvel Comics, but he is an alien there and has little in common with the movie Raza. The figure of Abu Bakaar, on the other hand, was specially invented for the film.

The character of Phil Coulson was invented specifically for the film and appears not only in the sequel Iron Man 2 , but also in the film Thor , which is set in the same universe. The secret service "SHIELD" has existed in the Marvel comics, however, since the 1960s, although other meanings exist for the abbreviation of the name in the comics. The character of Nick Fury, on the other hand, was introduced a few years earlier and was initially a soldier who fought in World War II until he was transferred to the then modern times as head of SHIELD. In contrast to the film version, the Nick Fury of the “classic” Marvel universe is white. The portrayal of Fury in the film is based instead on an alternative version of the character from the comics of the "Ultimate Universe", whose appearance is based on Samuel L. Jackson . This had given Marvel permission for it at the time.

In the scene, which takes place in the casino of the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas , an instrumental version of the theme song composed by Jack Urbont for the Iron Man cartoon series from the 1960s can be heard in the background .

The longtime Marvel comic book author Stan Lee , one of the inventors of Iron Man, has a cameo, as in almost all Marvel films: On the sidelines of a charity gala, Stark confuses him with Hugh Hefner .

The two F-22 fighters that intercept Tony / Iron Man over Afghanistan have the callsigns “Whiplash One” and “Whiplash Two”. The name is supposed to refer to Whiplash, another comic book opponent Iron Man, who is actually Iron Man's antagonist in the sequel, Iron Man 2 .

German version

Tobias Meister is the German voice of Tony Stark

The German synchronization of the film was done by Berliner Synchron AG . The dialogue book is by Gerrit Schmidt-Foss , the dialogue director was Kim Hasper .

For the German cinema release was Iron Man the Movie Rentals Concorde to two and a half minutes cut to a G to obtain Unlock When over 12 years. When the uncut version was later submitted to the FSK for DVD release, it was surprisingly released for those aged 12 and over.

role Actor / original speaker Voice actor
Tony Stark / Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. Tobias Master
Virginia "Pepper" Potts Gwyneth Paltrow Katrin Fröhlich
Obadiah Stane Jeff Bridges Joachim Tennstedt
Nick Fury Samuel L. Jackson Engelbert von Nordhausen
Agent Phil Coulson Clark Gregg Till Hagen
Christine Everhart Leslie Bibb Cathlen Gawlich
General Gabriel Bill Smitrovich Raimund Krone
"Happy" Hogan Jon Favreau Klaus-Peter Hoppe
Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes Terrence Howard Simon hunter
Major Allen Tim Guinee Erich Rauker
Zorianna Kit (news anchor) Zorianna Kit Claudia Urbschat-Mingues
Raza Faran Tahir Leon Boden
Viper 1 (pilot) Tim Rigby Kim Hasper
Yinsen Shaun Toub Hans-Jürgen Dittberner
Jarvis Paul Bettany (voice) Frank Schaff
Speaker at the award ceremony Will Lyman (voice) Tilo Schmitz

marketing

The model for the marketing campaign for Iron Man was the film Transformers , released a year earlier . The campaign included director Jon Favreau and actors Robert Downey Jr. , Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow appearing at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2007, a special commercial that aired during the Super Bowl in February 2008 , as well as advertising contracts with Audi and Burger King, which in turn were also included as product placement in the film. Favreau directed a commercial for Burger King, and Audi promoted the Audi R8 with scenes from Iron Man on a specially set up microsite .

For the trailer , the songs Hell Above Water by the band Curve , Hey Man, Nice Shot by Filter , Back in Black by AC / DC , Cochise by Audioslave (whose guitarist Tom Morello played a small role in the film as a member of the “Ten Rings “Plays) and Iron Man used by Black Sabbath . In the film itself is Back in Black heard right at the start, an instrumental version of Iron Man during the credits. In the German version of the first trailer, Robert Downey Jr. is dubbed by Charles Rettinghaus instead of Tobias Meister .

The soundtrack with the film music composed by Ramin Djawadi was released in the USA on May 6, 2008 in Germany.

The video game adaptations to the film were released by Sega on May 2, 2008 and were available for the PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable , Nintendo Wii , Nintendo DS , Xbox 360 , as a mobile game and for the PC . The Xbox and PS3 versions were developed by Secret Level , the rest by Artificial Mind and Movement. The games were also available in Germany.

The toy manufacturer Hasbro released toy figures of Iron Man in his various armor and Obadiah Stane as "Iron Monger".

A comic adaptation of the film plot, however, was only made by Marvel in early 2010, in advance of the sequel Iron Man 2 , as a two-part miniseries entitled Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! released. Author was Peter David , the drawings were by Sean Chen. The comic book adaptation was published in German in May 2010 as a special edition with the title Iron Man - Ich bin Iron Man! at Panini Verlag .

reception

Financial success

Box office earnings [million]
territory U.S$ CHF
world world 585.2 491.1 528.4
Production costs 140 117.5 126.4
United StatesUnited States United States Canada
CanadaCanada 
318.4 267.2 287.5
GermanyGermany Germany 8.6 7.2 7.8
AustriaAustria Austria 1 0.8 0.9
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1.4 1.2 1.3
(Access date: February 1, 2015)

Iron Man celebrated its world premiere on April 14, 2008 in Sydney , Australia . The official film launch in the USA took place on May 2, 2008 with 8,700 copies in 4,105 cinemas. On the opening weekend alone, the film raised 98.6 million US dollars, including the preview screenings on May 1, as much as 102.1 million. At the time, this was the fourth best film release of all time at the beginning of May. In the USA, after a running time of 22 weeks, the film grossed over 318.41 million US dollars, which is more than twice the budget, and thus occupies space two of the most successful films of 2008 in the USA. The worldwide box office is over 585.17 million US dollars, making Iron Man eighth of the world's most successful films of 2008.

In Germany, Iron Man ran a day earlier, on May 1, 2008, initially in 632 cinemas. On the opening weekend, 381,761 visitors saw the film, and for one week it was number one in the German cinema charts. Within five weeks, in a total of 644 cinemas, Iron Man was able to record 817,996 visitors, making the film rank 43 of the most successful films of the year in Germany. The total box office income in Germany is 8.56 million US dollars.

Reviews

Even Gwyneth Paltrow , Actress of Pepper Potts, was well received by critics

The reviews of Iron Man have been mostly positive.

Andreas Borcholte stated in his film review for Spiegel Online : "Technology fetish against overly human - this interaction gives the film a dynamic that raises it above the average of the superhero spectacle." Director Jon Favreau "often does not succeed [... ] to curb the humorous exuberance of his film. The Islamist militias in Afghanistan look like caricatures, the whole complex of the global arms trade is neglected, which takes the effect of the actually gloomy scenario. The seriousness of the situation is drowned in the - well - comic-like thunderstorm of action. ”On the other hand, Borcholte was of the opinion that one should actually“ not complain about the lack of depth ”,“ because thanks to Downey's courageous portrayal, Favreaus 'Iron Man' gets it again and again Curve. ”So Iron Man “ has become a more conventional superhero film, peppered with amusing gags, impressive visuals and a lot of feeling for the comic original, but the decisive bit of life breathes it into it only the differentiated game Downey. ”

Fritz Göttler praised in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the role of Tony Stark, for him "the counterpart of the conviction Bush ", including the presentation by Robert Downey Jr., as "perfect incarnation ... between duty and Fun, excess and prudence, a Don Quixote of Techno time ", and stated:" If the petty bourgeoisie and the morally foul-heartedness of Spider-Man gets a little on your mind in the meantime, you will be delighted with Tony Stark. "The figure of Pepper Potts also met with Göttler's approval:" Gwyneth Paltrow plays this His Girl Friday role with obvious pleasure. "

Mathis Heite also took the view on the website Zelluloid.de that the strength of the film, “as strange as this may sound for an expected action spectacle, is the characteristic representations of the main characters”, above all Robert Downey Jr., “the one in particular the introduction of his character almost celebrates the idea of ​​the perfidious egoist on the screen ", whereby" the completely exaggerated depiction of Downey makes the charming disgust appear completely sympathetic next to his failures. His transformation from an unscrupulous arms dealer to a red and gold armored philanthropist with a clear conscience and a basic humanistic attitude is surprising, contrary to all expectations, believable and convincing. ”Meanwhile, Heite criticized the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges hardly came into their own:“ Too very limited the focus of the plot on the main character, so that because of their dominant presence they could accept other gods next to them. ”While Paltrow was“ certainly an eye-catcher ”, he offered“ the inadequately depicted, steadily growing in the plot, but completely unfounded Madness ”of Obadiah Stane“ not very innovative, so that the villain appears at best as a means to an end. ”Overall, Iron Man is nevertheless“ highly worth seeing ”.

Christoph Petersen from Filmstarts also praised Downey's portrayal: “Thanks to the extremely egocentric portrayal of Downey, 'Iron Man' is now officially the damn coolest motherfucker in the entire superhero universe - comparable at most to the staggering appearances of Johnny Depp as Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean Adventures. The first twenty minutes or more of the film, in which Tony Stark's aloof Playboy life is sketched, is one grandiose Robert Downey one-man show. "Petersen was also satisfied with the cast of the supporting roles: Jeff Bridges played one" wonderful opaque, insidious villain ”, while Gwyneth Paltrow has never been“ as cute as a perky, quick-witted assistant Pepper ”. The only weak point is Terrence Howard's role as Jim Rhodes, who "remains a little pale in the first 'Iron Man' attempt". In terms of content, Petersen praised the fact that director Jon Favreau had "placed the character drawing more in the foreground than in other mega-projects", but on the other hand also considered the action scenes to be successful. He emphasized as particularly positive that “the fights always remain clear - there are no sprawling effect battles like Michael Bay's Transformers , but the fights all have a well-thought-out dramaturgy that ultimately adds significantly more fun and excitement than that 142. Explosion. ”As a conclusion, he described Iron Man as“ [best] comic book adaptation in a long time ”and gave the film 4.5 out of 5 points.

Anke Leweke, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic; in her film review for Die Zeit, she criticized the film's all too serious reference to reality: “There is a lack of desire for the bizarre, for exaggeration, for fantastic excess. After all, the task of a superhero is not to poke around in our banal global reality, but rather to go beyond banality in bizarre supersonic costumes. "

Awards (selection)

In May 2008, Iron Man received an MTV Movie Award in the “Best Summer Film” category and in December was voted one of the ten best films of 2008 by the American Film Institute .

In 2009, Iron Man was nominated for a Saturn Award in a total of eight categories and won three of them: The film itself was named “ Best Science Fiction Film ”, Robert Downey Jr. was named “ Best Actor ” and Jon Favreau was named “ Best Director ".

For an Oscar was Iron Man in the categories " Best sound editing " and " best visual effects " nominated, subject to the Oscar ceremony in 2009 but against The Dark Knight or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button .

Publishing on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

Iron Man was released in the US on September 30, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions are available in both a single-disc version and an "Ultimate 2 Disc Edition", which includes an additional disc with bonus material. In contrast to the theatrical version, the DVD and Blu-ray versions have been edited and a photo of Iron Man, which can be seen on the front page of a newspaper at the end of the film, has been replaced by another photo. The original photo was an unofficial set photo taken by a freelance photographer, whose publication on the Internet Paramount Pictures had taken legal action in 2007. In return, the photographer later filed a lawsuit against Paramount because of the unauthorized use of his photo. In its first week of release, the DVD version sold over 4.24 million copies, for revenues of over $ 77.9 million. Current sales (as of February 24, 2012) are over 9.9 million copies and revenues of over $ 172.78 million. However, sales figures for the Blu-ray version are not available.

In Germany, Iron Man was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 1st, 2008. Although the uncut version, like the shortened theatrical version, received FSK approval for ages 12 and over, the German film distributor Concorde released both versions on DVD. The cut "Original German Cinema Version" was released as a single-disc version under the name "Home Edition", while the "uncut US cinema version" was released under the imprint Cine Collection including a bonus disc, including a " Limited Edition “with SteelBook packaging. On the other hand , Iron Man is only available on Blu-ray Disc in the unabridged version including bonus disc. In the course of the publication of Iron Man 2 , a "Collector's Edition" was also released on October 7, 2010, which contains both films on Blu-ray Disc, but without bonus discs. Sales figures for Germany are not available.

As part of the Saturn Awards 2019 ceremony , Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, announced a collection that will bring together all 23 films from Marvel's Infinity Saga. At the presentation he showed an included, exclusive scene from Iron Man, in which Nick Fury suggests the existence of Spider-Man and the X-Men. The scene never made it into the finished film, presumably because Marvel Studios did not own the rights to the named superheroes at the time.

Iron Man as part of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"

Samuel L. Jackson first appeared in the role of Nick Fury in Iron Man

Iron Man is the first self-financed film produced directly by Marvel Studios and the first film to be part of a larger, coherent universe, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe". Already in this film there are allusions to other planned films: In the scene in which Pepper Potts catches Tony trying to get rid of his armor after his return from Afghanistan, there is an unfinished prototype of Captain's shield in the background America to see. In the credits is an Ironman / War Machine Detective Suit with Gatling - Minigun on the right shoulder, but without walls, to see and in the scene after the credits Nick Fury, Tony for his "Avengers Initiative" is trying to attract.

Continued Iron Man 2010 Iron Man 2 plays of six months after the first part. Directed again by Jon Favreau , and Robert Downey Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow , Jon Favreau, Leslie Bibb , Clark Gregg , Paul Bettany and Samuel L. Jackson are again in their roles as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, Christine Everhart, Phil Coulson, Jarvis and Nick Fury to see and hear respectively. Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard as Tony's friend Rhodey, who this time gets his own armor. Tony's late father Howard, who in Iron Man can be seen in photos and was it played by Gerard Sanders is in Iron Man 2 seen in footage that originate within the film plot in 1974, but is now of John Slattery played . The unfinished Captain America shield can also be seen again. Likewise the beginning of Thor.

The Stark Industries logo can be seen in the montage at the beginning of the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk . In the epilogue scene of the film, Downey makes a brief cameo in his role as Tony Stark.

Clark Gregg plays the role of SHIELD agent Phil Coulson again in the film Thor from 2011. When he sees the "Destroyer", his colleague Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernandez) asks him if he is "one of Stark's". In a scene after the credits of the film, Samuel L. Jackson can also be seen as Nick Fury.

In Captain America: The First Avenger from 2011, which mostly takes place at the time of World War II , a younger version of Tony's father Howard has a bigger role and is played this time by Dominic Cooper . In the epilogue of the film, Samuel L. Jackson can be seen again as Nick Fury.

The film Marvel's The Avengers , which was released in 2012, brings together the main characters of all previous films in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", including Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man / Tony Stark, in a joint team for the first time. Gwyneth Paltrow, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson and Paul Bettany can also be seen and heard again in their roles as Pepper Potts, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury and Jarvis.

A third part of Iron Man hit theaters in May 2013. Jon Favreau was no longer directing, and his position was taken over by Shane Black . Iron Man 3 is not intended as a direct sequel to Iron Man 2 , but rather to usher in the second phase of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" after The Avengers and to prepare The Avengers 2 .

Web links

Commons : Iron Man and his cast  - collection of images, videos and audio files

http://www.ironman-derfilm.de ( Memento from October 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

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