Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau and written by the teams of Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & 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. In the film, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor to escape from captivity by a terrorist group, and then uses the suit to become the superhero Iron Man.
The film premiered in Sydney, Australia, on April 14, 2008, and was released in the United States on May 2 as the first film in Phase One of the MCU. Produced on a budget of $150 million, it grossed over $585 million and became the eighth-highest grossing film of 2008. It also received positive reviews from critics, who praised Downey's performance and Favreau's balance of character development and special effects, and was named one of the ten best films of the year by the American Film Institute. In 2022, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Iron Man received numerous awards and nominations with particular recognition for Downey's performance, the visual effects, and the sound editing. It was nominated for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects at the 81st Academy Awards, with other accolades including nominations for an Art Directors Guild Award, an Artios Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Cinema Audio Society Award, a Costume Designers Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Award, three Golden Reel Awards, a Grammy Award, a Hugo Award, four Satellite Awards (winning two), eight Saturn Awards (winning three), a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Visual Effects Society Awards. __TOC__
Accolades
+ Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up Iron Man Academy Awards Best Sound Editing Frank E. Eulner and Christopher Boyes Best Visual Effects John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, and Shane Mahan Art Directors Guild Awards Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film J. Michael Riva Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting: Studio Feature – Drama Sarah Halley Finn and Randi Hiller British Academy Film Awards Best Special Visual Effects Shane Mahan, John Nelson, and Ben Snow Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Mark Ulano, Christopher Boyes, and Lora Hirschberg Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Contemporary Film Rebecca Bentjen and Laura Jean Shannon Critics' Choice Awards Best Action Movie Iron Man Empire Awards Best Film Iron Man Best Actor Robert Downey Jr. Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero Film Iron Man Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Music Shannon Erbe, Tanya Noel Hill, and David Klotz Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR Christopher Boyes, Frank E. Eulner, Michael Silvers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, John Nutt, Karen Spangenberg, and Marshall Winn Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Sound Effects & Foley Christopher Boyes, Frank E. Eulner, Shannon Mills, Ken Fischer, J.R. Grubbs, James Likowski, Robert Shoup, Ronni Brown, Ellen Heuer, Dennie Thorpe, and Jana Vance Golden Trailer Awards Best Action Iron Man Summer 2008 Blockbuster Iron Man "Escaped" Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Ramin Djawadi Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Visual Effects Award John Nelson and Ben Snow Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film Steven J. Scott Outstanding Editing – Feature Film Dan Lebental Hugo Awards –10, 2009 Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form Jon Favreau, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, and Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby Irish Film & Television Awards Best International Actor Robert Downey Jr. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Awards Best Visual Effects Iron Man Movieguide Awards Best Movie for Mature Audiences Iron Man Faith and Freedom Award for Movies Iron Man MTV Movie Awards Best Summer Movie So Far Iron Man Best Movie Iron Man Best Male Performance Robert Downey Jr. National Movie Awards Best Superhero Film Iron Man Best Performance – Male Robert Downey Jr. Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Iron Man People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie Iron Man Favorite Action Movie Iron Man Favorite Male Action Star Robert Downey Jr. Favorite Male Movie Star Robert Downey Jr. Favorite Superhero Robert Downey Jr. Satellite Awards Best Editing Dan Lebental Best Sound Christopher Boyes Best Visual Effects John Nelson, Shane Mahan, Ben Snow, and Dan Sudick Best DVD Extras Iron Man Two-Disc Collector's Edition Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Iron Man Best Actor Robert Downey Jr. Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Best Supporting Actor Jeff Bridges Best Director Jon Favreau Best Screenplay Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway Best Music Ramin Djawadi Best Special Effects John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, and Shane Mahan Scream Awards Ultimate Scream Iron Man Best Science Fiction Movie Iron Man Best Superhero Robert Downey Jr. Best Villain Jeff Bridges Best Supporting Performance Terrence Howard Holy Sh%t Scene of the Year Escape from Ten Rings Hideout Iron Man's First Flight Best Scream-Play Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway Best Director Jon Favreau Best Science Fiction Actor Robert Downey Jr. Best Science Fiction Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Best F/X Iron Man Best Comic Book Movie Iron Man Best Line "I am Iron Man" Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble Iron Man St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards Best Visual Effects John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, and Shane Mahan Taurus World Stunt Awards Hardest Hit Gregory James Fitzpatrick Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director Thomas R. Harper, Phil Neilson, and Keith Woulard Best Fire Stunt Mike Justus, Damien Moreno, and Timothy P. Trella Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Action Iron Man Choice Movie Actor: Action Robert Downey Jr. Choice Movie Actress: Action Gwyneth Paltrow Choice Movie: Villain Jeff Bridges USC Scripter Awards USC Scripter Award Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso, and John Nelson Best Single Visual Effect of the Year Ben Snow, Wayne Billheimer, Victoria Alonso, and John Nelson Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture Hal Hickel, Bruce Holcomb, James Tooley, and John Walker Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture Aaron McBride, Russell Paul, Gerald Gutschmidt, and Kenji Yamaguchi (for Suit Up Machine) Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Jonathan Rothbart, Dav Rauch, Kyle McCulloch, and Kent Seki (for HUD Compositing)
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