300 (2006)

Taglines:

Spartans, prepare for glory! See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Official Sites:

Official site [Finland] | Warner Bros [France] | See more »

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2007 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

300: The IMAX Experience See more »

Filming Locations:

Icestorm Studios, Montréal, Québec, Canada See more »

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$70,885,301 (USA) (9 March 2007)

Gross:

$456,068,181 (Worldwide) (1 August 2011)

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Virtual Studios See more »

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Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | DTS  | SDDS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.40 : 1

Trivia

In an effort to get the studio executives to commit to making the movie, Zack Snyder and his team scanned every image from Frank Miller's graphic novel into a computer. They then removed all of the dialogue and descriptive prose, and added simple animation to each frame (such as burning fire, moving clouds, sparkling eyes etc.). They then edited these shots together into what amounted to an animated comic strip, and Snyder hired his friend Scott Glenn to record a voice-over narration for the piece. Snyder brought the film to Warner Bros., but they said they needed more to convince them that the movie could work. As such, he decided to shoot a live-action 'test' - a 90-second 360-degree continuous shot featuring a single Spartan killing several Persians. The combination of the animated comic images and the test convinced Warner Bros. that Snyder and his team were capable of making the movie. An extract from the animation as well as the entire test can be found as an Easter egg on disc 1 of the 2-Disc special edition DVD of the film. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The first time the Spartans are attacked, a Spartan's arm is grazed with a spear over the top of the shield wall. When the spear moves forward it cuts the arm, then in the next shot from another angle, the arm has no wound yet and gets cut by the spear retracting. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Dilios: When the boy was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected.
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Crazy Credits

The opening Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures and Virtual Studios logos are made of stone and appear in front of a brown, cloudy sky.
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Connections

Featured in The 300: Fact or Fiction? (2007) See more »