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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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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Jon Favreau
- 2008-05-02
Nov 10, 2023 · It received two nominations at the Academy Awards, one for Best Sound Editing, and one for Best Visual Effects. The movie didn’t win either one.
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Robert Downey Jr. is one Oscar Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards winner, best known to fans as the handsome, charismatic and witty star of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's trilogy of Iron Man films, which are credited with breathing much-needed new life into Marvel's film projects and with launching the hugely profitable Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He continued his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Avengers series of films from Marvel Studios/Disney, and his Tony Stark character also appears in Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War and in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming from Sony Pictures, with appearances yet to come in the MCU's Avengers: Infinity War and an as-yet-untitled fourth Avengers movie. Downey - known as "RDJ" to his worldwide fan base -- has also starred in famous blockbuster films such as Tropic Thunder and Due Date as well as in the Sherlock Holmes film series.
Downey's complex and often improvised-on-the-spot performance in 2008's Tropic Thunder -- director Ben Stiller's hilarious satire on Hollywood and Vietnam War movies, in which Downey played a white Australian actor playing an African-American soldier -- brought him an Academy Award (Oscar) nomination, as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, and Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) Award nominations. Downey was honored with his first Oscar nomination in the category of Best Actor for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed 1992 biopic Chaplin, for which he also won BAFTA and London Film Critics Awards and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
In 2008, Downey received international praise from critics and audiences for his performance in the title role of the blockbuster hit Iron Man under the direction of Jon Favreau. Bringing the Marvel Comics superhero to the big screen, "Iron Man" earned more than $585 million worldwide, making it one of the year's biggest hits. It is credited with launching the immensely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, which now has expanded to include such iconic characters as Captain America, Black Widow, the Hulk, Thor, Dr. Strange and the Guardians of the Galaxy. "It's very safe to say," said Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, "that none of this would exist had 'Iron Man' not been the huge hit it was. The journey of Iron Man, and frankly the journey of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, all started with the journey of Tony Stark."
Downey proved he could headline another hit franchise as the title character in Guy Ritchie's 2009 holiday blockbuster Sherlock Holmes -- with Jude Law co-starring as his formidable Dr. John Watson -- for Warner Bros. The film broke the box office record for the largest Christmas weekend opening, and was followed by another Holmes adventure, also starring Downey and Law: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, released in December 2011. The films, set in the Victorian era with lavish sets and costumes, adhered lovingly to the Sherlock Holmes canon while expanding the Holmes universe into a comedic action-adventure format, which resonated with audiences around the world. Together, the two "Sherlock Holmes" films have made more than half a billion dollars worldwide -- becoming the most-seen and most popular version of Sherlock Holmes ever put on the big screen -- and are credited with re-launching global interest in the 150+-year-old Sherlock Holmes franchise. Thanks to the RDJ Holmes movies, this newly ignited fascination put Sherlock Holmes squarely into the modern zeitgeist, resulting in two hit TV series and an avalanche of books and other media about the Great Detective -- all running concurrently with the movie series. Scripting and pre-production work is currently underway on a third "Sherlock Holmes" movie from Downey, Law and company, with Ritchie expected to helm once again.
Downey's other recent films include The Judge (2014), the first feature film produced by Team Downey, the company launched by Downey and his wife, producer Susan Downey. "The Judge" landed a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for Robert Duvall, a significant accomplishment for Downey's new production company. Downey also starred with Zach Galifianakis in the popular comedy Due Date, directed by Todd Phillips; in The Soloist opposite Jamie Foxx; and also in Charlie Bartlett; David Fincher's Zodiac alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo; Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly with Keanu Reaves, Winona Ryder, and Woody Harrelson; and in Fur opposite Nicole Kidman. Downey's brilliant, wordy starring role in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a twisty, comedic spoof on film noir written and directed by Shane Black, is often cited by critics as an under-seen masterpiece.
Downey also shared in a SAG Award nomination as a member of the ensemble cast of George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck, and in a Special Jury Prize for the cast of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, presented at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
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•Chaplin (1992)
•Iron Man (2008)
•Tropic Thunder (2008)
•Sherlock Holmes (2009)
•Iron Man 2 (2010)
•Robert Downey, Jr. on Wikipedia
•Robert Downey Jr. on IMDb.
•Robert Downey Jr. on Stark Times.
•Robert Downey Jr. on WikiBio
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Jan 12, 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. appeared on Rob Lowe’s “Literally!” podcast and said that his run as Tony Stark/ Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe marked some of the best acting of his...
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the armored Super Hero. Directed by Jon Favreau ( Elf , Zathura ), the movie went on to become the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and, retroactively, the first chapter of both Phase 1 and the Infinity Saga Myth Arc .
Apr 22, 2024 · With the inspired casting of Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role and Jon Favreau’s creative liberties with the comic books, Iron Man became an instant classic, and it continues to shape the public’s perception of superhero films and blockbusters, cementing a place of greatness in cinematic history.
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Stark, nicely played by Robert Downey Jr, fashions a hi-tech suit of armour - before going on to save the world in usual exemplary fashion. This long build-up to explain how he becomes Iron Man is arguably the best part of the film.
