300 (2006)

King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers:

Zack Snyder (screenplay), Kurt Johnstad (screenplay)

Stars:

Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham

17 wins & 45 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Butler	...	King Leonidas
Lena Headey	...	Queen Gorgo
Dominic West	...	Theron
David Wenham	...	Dilios
Vincent Regan	...	Captain
Michael Fassbender	...	Stelios
Tom Wisdom	...	Astinos
Andrew Pleavin	...	Daxos
Andrew Tiernan	...	Ephialtes
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Xerxes
Giovani Cimmino	...	Pleistarchos (as Giovani Antonio Cimmino)
Stephen McHattie	...	Loyalist
Greg Kramer	...	Ephor #1
Alex Ivanovici	...	Ephor #2
Kelly Craig	...	Oracle Girl

Storyline

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward. After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.

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Plot Keywords:

spartan | battle | greece | warrior | epic | 

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Taglines:

This is where we fight, this is where they die!!

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

300

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$70,885,301, 11 March 2007

Gross USA:

$210,614,939

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$456,068,181

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.,Legendary Entertainment,Virtual Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Warner Brothers was hoping for a gross in the region of Sin City (2005)'s $74 million. They were somewhat surprised when 300 (2006) finished with a total just north of $200 million.

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Goofs

During the battle scenes, the blood never appears on the ground. In one scene, the blood hits the ground and disappears; in many it vanishes in the air. In another, the droplets fall and stick out of the ground like arrows. This is a stylistic choice to reflect the 'graphic novel' origins of the film.

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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

Referenced in Call of Duty: World at War (2008)

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Soundtracks

To Victory
Composed by Tyler Bates

User Reviews

You Americans make me wanna cry!

I love IMDb. I really do but i must say that i have never felt so betrayed by the database's user comments as those of the movie 300. However, this is not quite true. I did not see this movie because you told me it was great. I saw it because my friend said it was the worst piece of craps he had ever seen and when I saw it, it turned out to be one of the greatest comedy of all time instead of that sentimental war drama it tragically is supposed to be. When I heard that the Iranian government had complains on the movie for insulting the Persians i just thought of them as fundamentalists who doesn't know about freedom of speech. Then i realize that they are not portrayed as bad humans. They are portrayed as disgusting animals! Disgusting creatures high on uranium looking like something from the bad guys in The lord of the rings. I just wanna tell you guys in the U.S that in Sweden this is considered a comedy and if that is what it is supposed to be. Please tell me, because i can not believe that people that name the godfather as one of the greatest movie of all time can give this crap nearly an 8. I am telling you guys that this is madness and that horrible thing on the screen is not Sparta!