Iron-Man is a 1999 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Nick Cassavetes from a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the film stars Guy Pearce as Tony Stark/Iron-Man alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., Andrew Divoff, Neve Campbell, Uma Thurman and Christian Slater. In the film, following his escape from captivity by a terrorist group, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Tony Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor and becomes the superhero Iron-Man.
