Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — Blu-ray
Edition: Blu-ray.
Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) follows Steve Rogers, a courageous but physically frail young man determined to serve his country during World War II. Chosen for an experimental super-soldier program, Steve becomes Captain America and battles HYDRA and its ruthless leader, Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull. Combining wartime adventure, science-fiction action, and superhero mythology, this origin story introduces one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's central heroes.
Cast & Characters
- Chris Evans — Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Hayley Atwell — Peggy Carter
- Hugo Weaving — Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
- Tommy Lee Jones — Colonel Chester Phillips
- Sebastian Stan — James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes
- Dominic Cooper — Howard Stark
- Stanley Tucci — Dr. Abraham Erskine
- Toby Jones — Dr. Arnim Zola
- Neal McDonough — Dum Dum Dugan
- Samuel L. Jackson — Nick Fury
Hollywood Connections & Trivia
Marvel origins: Captain America debuted in Captain America Comics #1 in 1941, created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, decades before the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Director Joe Johnston: Johnston previously directed The Rocketeer (1991), another period superhero adventure, as well as Jumanji (1995) and October Sky (1999).
Chris Evans: Before portraying Captain America, Evans played Johnny Storm / Human Torch in the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four films.
Hayley Atwell: Peggy Carter became a fan-favorite character who later headlined Marvel's television series Agent Carter.
Sebastian Stan: Bucky Barnes returns in later Marvel films as the Winter Soldier, becoming central to Captain America's story.
Howard Stark: Dominic Cooper plays the younger Howard Stark, father of Tony Stark / Iron Man, linking this World War II adventure to the larger MCU.
Alan Silvestri's score: The composer also scored Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and later Marvel's The Avengers.
MCU connection: The film introduces the Tesseract, an artifact important to later Marvel stories, and sets up Captain America's journey into the modern era.
Historical fiction: The story uses World War II as a backdrop but its HYDRA technology and superhero events are fictional.
Product Details
- Year: 2011
- Director: Joe Johnston
- Genre: Action / Adventure / Science Fiction / Superhero
- Format: Blu-ray
- Condition: Used / Pre-owned
Condition: Pre-owned; discs and packaging may show normal handling or shelf wear.
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