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<strong>IRON MAN</strong><br>
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<strong>Opens:</strong> May 2<br>
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<strong>Directed by</strong>: Jon Favreau<br>
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<strong>Who's in it</strong>: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges<br>
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<strong>What's the story</strong>: The latest Marvel Comics superhero to get the full-scale, big-screen treatment is a brilliant, arrogant industrialist-playboy named Tony Stark (Downey), mortally wounded and captured in Afghanistan while testing his new weapon of mass destruction. A terrorist wants Stark to build something just as destructive for his own uses. But Stark instead fashions an iron suit that not only saves his life, but makes him into an indestructible one-man army.<br>
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<strong>The big deal</strong>: Simply stated, everyone expects this thrill ride to make Downey a big star, put up big numbers and set an explosive pace for the rest of the summer. Not too much to ask, right?

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IRON MAN

Opens: May 2

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Who's in it: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges

What's the story: The latest Marvel Comics superhero to get the full-scale, big-screen treatment is a brilliant, arrogant industrialist-playboy named Tony Stark (Downey), mortally wounded and captured in Afghanistan while testing his new weapon of mass destruction. A terrorist wants Stark to build something just as destructive for his own uses. But Stark instead fashions an iron suit that not only saves his life, but makes him into an indestructible one-man army.

The big deal: Simply stated, everyone expects this thrill ride to make Downey a big star, put up big numbers and set an explosive pace for the rest of the summer. Not too much to ask, right?

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