I'm a big fan of the Iron Man movie that came out last year. (I particularly loved Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man...his performance carries the movie the same way Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday carried Tombstone.) Donovan and Connor really love it, too. I noticed something recently, though, which was a nice touch; in several spots in the movie, they use the original theme song from the 60s cartoon. Here's a quick Youtube clip of the original, which I remember seeing as a kid.
At the Apogee Award ceremony early in the movie, a jazzy arrangement of it is played when Tony Stark's name is called to receive the award. Later, when Iron Man first goes to Afghanistan to fight, and he calls his friend Col. Rhodes, the ringtone for Tony Stark on Rhodes' phone is the opening bars of the theme song. Next time you watch, if you're into that sort of thing, listen for it.
Oh, and one more interesting tidbit: Tony's main bodyguard, Hogan (standing behind him at the craps table, bantering with him about chasing him through the streets of LA as they race to Tony's plane at the airport), is actually Jon Favreau, the movie's director.
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