Captain America – The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, [a] it is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek as well as Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America. Luke, and Stanley Tucci. During World War II, Steve Rogers, a weak man, transforms into the super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull (weaving) from using the Tesseract as a power source for world domination.
The film began as a concept in 1997 and was slated for distribution by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit disrupted the project and was not settled until September 2003. In 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch and planned to finance and release the film through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in directing the project before Johnston was approached in 2008. The main characters were cast between March and June 2010. Production began in June, and filming took place in London, Manchester, Cairns, Liverpool and Los Angeles. Before Angeles became Captain America, visual effects company Lola used various techniques to create the character’s physical appearance.
Captain America: The First Avenger premiered at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22 as part of Phase One of the MCU. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $370 million worldwide. Critics particularly praised Evans’ performance, the film’s 1940s period setting, and Johnston’s direction. Two sequels were released: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).

Moral Of The Story

In the present day, scientists in the Arctic discover an old, frozen plane. In March 1942, Nazi Lieutenant General Johann Schmidt and his men stole a mysterious relic known as the Tesseract [b] from the German-occupied Norwegian town of Tønsberg, which possessed untold godlike powers.
In New York City, Steve Rogers is rejected for World War II military conscription due to his various health and physical problems. While attending a demonstration of futuristic technology with his best friend, Sgt. James “Bucky” Barnes, Rogers tries to enlist again. Overhearing Rogers’ conversation with Barnes about representing his country in the war, Dr. Abraham Erskine allows Rogers to enlist. He is recruited into the Strategic Scientific Reserve as part of a “super-soldier” experiment under Erskine, Colonel Chester Phillips and British MI6 agent Peggy Carter. Phillips is uncomfortable with Erskine’s insistence that Rogers is the right man for the procedure but relents when he sees Rogers jump on a grenade to save his comrades, unaware that it is a test. The night before the treatment, Erskine reveals to Rogers that Schmidt underwent the procedure prematurely and suffered permanent side effects.
Schmidt and Dr. Arnim Zola harness the power of the Tesseract, intending to use the power to fuel Zola’s inventions, an act of aggression that will change the world. Schmidt discovers Erskine’s location and sends the assassin Heinz Krüger to kill him. Erskine subjects Rogers to the super-soldier treatment, injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with “Vita-Ray”. After Rogers grows tall and muscular from the experiment, an undercover Krueger kills Erskine and escapes with a vial of the serum. Rogers chases down and captures Kruger, but escapes interrogation by killing himself with a cyanide capsule. With Erskine dead and his super-soldier formula lost, US Senator Brandt Rogers travels to the nation in a colorful costume as “Captain America” to promote war bonds while scientists study him and attempt to reverse engineer the formula. In 1943, while performing for active duty servicemen on a tour of Italy, Rogers learned that Burns’ unit was MIA in combat against Schmidt’s forces. Refusing to believe Barnes was dead, Rogers Carter and engineer Howard Stark took him behind enemy lines to mount a solo rescue attempt. Rogers infiltrates Schmidt’s Hydra Division stronghold, freeing Burns and the other prisoners. Rogers confronts Schmitt, who takes off a mask to reveal a red, skull-like figure that calls him the “Red Skull”. Schmidt escapes and Rogers returns to the base with the freed soldiers.
Rogers recruits Barnes, Dum Dum Duggan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Fallsworth, and Jack Dernier to attack other known Hydra bases. Stark equips Rogers with advanced equipment, notably a circular shield made of vibranium, a rare, nearly indestructible metal. Rogers and his team sabotage various Hydra operations, while he and Carter begin to fall in love. In 1945, the group attacked a train carrying Zola. Rogers and Jones succeed in capturing Zola, but Barnes falls from the train to his apparent death. Major cities in America. Rogers climbs into Schmidt’s plane as it takes off. During the ensuing fight, the Tesseract’s container is damaged. Schmidt physically operates the Tesseract, causing him to be transported through a portal into space. The tesseract burns through the plane and is lost in the sea. Seeing no way to land the plane without risking his weapon exploding, Rogers radioed Carter and said goodbye to him before crashing into the Arctic. Stark later retrieves the Tesseract from the ocean floor but is unable to locate Rogers or the plane, assuming him to be dead.
Rogers wakes up in a 1940s-style hospital room. Hearing a radio broadcast of a baseball game in 1941, Rogers becomes suspicious, runs outside, and finds himself in present-day Times Square, where S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury informs him that he has been “asleep” for almost 70 years. In a post-credits scene, Fury approaches Rogers and offers a mission with global implications.

Cast and characters

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America:
A frail young man who is elevated to the pinnacle of human power by an experimental serum to aid the US war effort. Evans, who previously worked with Marvel as the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four film series, said he turned down the part three times before signing a six-picture deal with Marvel, explaining that, “At the time, I remember saying to a friend of mine, ‘ If the movie bombed, I f—-ed. I was just scared. I realized that my whole decision-making process was fear-based, and you never want to make a decision based on fear. I can’t believe that I got to play Captain America. I was almost too thin.” Evans ultimately agreed to the role, saying, “I think Marvel is doing a lot of good right now, and it’s a fun character. … I think Steve Rogers’ story is great. He’s a great guy. Even if it [was] somebody’s A script about, I’d probably do that. So it wasn’t necessarily about the comic itself.” He will dominate in sports. He can jump high, run fast, lift strong weights, but he can get injured. He may roll his ankle and be out for the season. He is not perfect, he is not untouchable. So a lot of impact, if I’m going to punch somebody, they’re not going to put them on a wire and fly back 50 feet, but they’re going to go down, maybe not come back up, which I think makes it humane. It makes something that, again, I think everyone can relate to a little bit more, which I really like.” Also appears as a bartender.
Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips:
A colonel in the United States Army and a member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve who heads the project to create super soldiers. The character was updated from the comics, where Phillips recruited Rogers to join Project Rebirth which made him Captain America. Jones described the character as “something you’ve seen in a thousand movies: a brilliant, slightly sarcastic, proud, skeptical officer overseeing a group of exceptionally talented soldiers”.
Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull:
Adolf Hitler’s advanced weapons chief and commander of the terrorist organization Hydra whose own plans for world domination include harnessing the power of a magical object known as the Tesseract. Weaving said he patterned the Red Skull’s accent on Werner Herzog and Klaus Maria Brandauer. Regarding the characters, Weaving commented, “I think the main difference between Skull and Cap is that they both have the serum, and the serum seems to enhance certain qualities of each of them. Cap is much more in tune with other people, think. Schmidt with himself, and In line with his own needs and his own ego, so I think that adds to it. From that point of view, they’re quite the opposite.”
Hayley Atwell as Margaret “Peggy” Carter:
An officer in the Strategic Scientific Reserve who works with Phillips on the Super Soldier project. About her preparation for the role, she said, “I’m training six days a week at the moment to make her a little more military and to believe that I can kick butt.” About the character, Atwell said, “I liken his character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote. He can do everything Captain America can do, but backwards and in high heels. He’s an English soldier, though he always looks great. He’s there. Can stand with a machine-gun shooting Nazis, but she’s obviously gone into hiding before and put on lipstick. She doesn’t need rescuing. That’s exciting to me – her strength. A slightly depressed woman who was struggling to be a woman at the time. But more The important thing is that she’s a modern woman and she sees something in Captain America that she relates to, and becomes a kindred spirit. He treats her very differently to the way he’s treated. She lives in such a male-dominated world. So she’s much more A warrior.”
Sebastian Stan as James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes:
A sergeant in the United States Army, Rogers’ best friend and member of his commando team. Stan signed on for “five or six pictures”. He revealed that he knew nothing about comic books, but watched many World War II documentaries and films in preparation for the role, calling Band of Brothers “very helpful”. About the role, Stan said, “Steve Rogers and Bucky are both orphans and kind of brothers. They grow up together and take care of each other. It’s a very human, relatable thing… I also wanted to see. Once Steve Rogers becomes Captain America How their relationship changes. There’s always a competition and they’re always one-upping each other. I pay attention to how Bucky is affected by Steve’s change and suddenly Steve is the leader.”
Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark:
Tony Stark’s father who worked on various government projects during the World War II era. Of the role, Cooper said, “It’s an opportunity where you can see his future because I know the guy who’s going to be my son and I see myself as an older version in Iron Man 2 which is great for an actor to have those tools. I’m about him. Know that he is a brilliant engineer and inventor and a very glamorous Howard Hughes type into aviation and women!”
Toby Jones as Arnim Zola: A biochemist for the Nazi Party.
Neil McDonough as Timothy “Dum Dum” Duggan:
A member of Rogers’ commando team. McDonough wore the character’s signature bowler hat and said he grew Duggan’s trademark mustache. About his role in the film, he commented, “Oh, I’m going to see a lot of action. To appear in multiple projects for Marvel, not limited to movies.
Derek Luke as Gabe Jones:
A member of Rogers’ commando team. Luke said he was cast without a script or much description of the character. On why he took the part, “I just believed that Marvel was doing something really great, that the movies had great messages. Good versus evil and I was just like, ‘How can I be bad?'”
Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine:
The scientist who created the super soldier serum. Tucci said that what attracted him to the role was the opportunity to do a German accent, which was something he always wanted to try.
Samuel L. Jackson reprized his role as Nick Fury, director of the super-spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. Kenneth Choi appears as Jim Morita, a Japanese-American member of Rogers’ commando squad. Choi said he was the last actor to audition for the part, and he read aspects of Saving Private Ryan. About his preparation for the role, Choi said, “[I] did a lot of WWII research, especially about ‘Nisei’ soldiers, or Japanese-American soldiers. I wanted to get as much true, real-life information as possible for one, people like Jim Morita fighting in World War II. . I felt that if I had created a real foundation for him, I could let go and allow the character to exist in the Marvel Universe, which allowed for a lot of imaginative situations.” Bruno Ricky plays Jacques Dernier, a French member of Rogers’ commando team. Ricky auditioned while filming the French series The Hawk and got the part. JJ Field appears as James Montgomery Fallsworth, a British member of Rogers’ commando team. Feild called his part in the film “a very physical job. I play one of the captain’s sidekicks so I shoot and blow things up and run around trying to look cool for about a year.” Additionally, Richard Armitage portrays Heinz Krueger, the Red Skull’s top assassin, Lex Shrapnel portrays Gilmore Hodge, a candidate for the super soldier program, Michael Brandon portrays Brandt, a United States senator who recognizes Captain America’s PR potential. Jeff Goldblum was originally approached for the role; He later played the Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok. David Bradley appears as the guardian of the church where the Tesseract is held. Natalie Dormer portrays Lorraine, a private who tries to seduce Rogers, and Jenna Coleman appears as Connie, Bucky’s date at the World Expo. Laura Haddock, who will play Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy, has a brief appearance as an autograph seeker. Guardians of the Galaxy writer and director James Gunn has jokingly claimed that this is Peter Quill’s grandmother. Stan Lee has a cameo appearance as a general.

Box Office

Captain America: The First Avenger grossed $176.7 million in North America and $193.9 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $370.6 million.

Captain America: The First Avenger opened in the US on July 22, 2011 and earned $4 million in midnight showings, ahead of other 2011 superhero originals such as Thor and Green Lantern, as well as the prequel X-Men: First Class, which took in $3.25 million and $3.5 million in all Friday midnights. Made in millions. On Friday, the film opened at number one at the American and Canadian box office with $25.7 million. It then went on to earn $65.1 million, the second-highest-grossing opening weekend for a superhero film in 2011, behind Thor ($65.7 million). At the time of its release, Captain America: The First Avenger became the third highest-grossing motion picture of the World War II era, behind Saving Private Ryan and Pearl Harbor.

About Captain America

Directed by	Joe Johnston
Screenplay by	Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely
Based on	Captain America by·         Joe Simon ·         Jack Kirby
Produced by	Kevin Feige
Starring	·         Chris Evans ·         Tommy Lee Jones ·         Hugo Weaving ·         Hayley Atwell ·         Sebastian Stan ·         Dominic Cooper ·         Toby Jones ·         Neal McDonough ·         Derek Luke ·         Stanley Tucci
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Edited by	·         Jeffrey Ford ·         Robert Dalva
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production company	Marvel Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	·         July 19, 2011 (El Capitan Theatre) ·         July 22, 2011 (United States)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$140–216.7 million
Box office	$370.6 million