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King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
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    • Zack Snyder
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    • Zack Snyder(screenplay)
    • Kurt Johnstad(screenplay)
    • Michael B. Gordon(screenplay)
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    • Gerard Butler
    • Lena Headey
    • David Wenham
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    • Zack Snyder
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    • Kurt Johnstad(screenplay)
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    • Lena Headey
    • David Wenham
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    Gerard Butler
    Gerard Butler
    • King Leonidasas King Leonidas
    Lena Headey
    Lena Headey
    • Queen Gorgoas Queen Gorgo
    David Wenham
    David Wenham
    • Diliosas Dilios
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Theronas Theron
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    Vincent Regan
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    Michael Fassbender
    • Steliosas Stelios
    Tom Wisdom
    Tom Wisdom
    • Astinosas Astinos
    Andrew Pleavin
    Andrew Pleavin
    • Daxosas Daxos
    Andrew Tiernan
    Andrew Tiernan
    • Ephialtesas Ephialtes
    Rodrigo Santoro
    Rodrigo Santoro
    • Xerxesas Xerxes
    Giovani Cimmino
    Giovani Cimmino
    • Pleistarchosas Pleistarchos
    • (as Giovani Antonio Cimmino)
    Stephen McHattie
    Stephen McHattie
    • Loyalistas Loyalist
    Greg Kramer
    Greg Kramer
    • Ephor #1as Ephor #1
    Alex Ivanovici
    Alex Ivanovici
    • Ephor #2as Ephor #2
    Kelly Craig
    Kelly Craig
    • Oracle Girlas Oracle Girl
    Eli Snyder
    Eli Snyder
    • Leonidas at 7as Leonidas at 7…
    Tyler Neitzel
    Tyler Neitzel
    • Leonidas at 15 yrsas Leonidas at 15 yrs
    Tim Connolly
    Tim Connolly
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      • Zack Snyder
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    • Trivia
      (at around 26 mins) The line, "Come back with your shield, or on it," was a common phrase by Spartan women to their sons and husbands. Soldiers would drop their heavy shields when they ran, and their wives would rather they come home dead than a coward. Dead soldiers were carried home on their shields.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Messenger: Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last as king.

      King Leonidas: [to himself: thinking] "Earth and water"?

      [Leonidas unsheathes and points his sword at the Messenger's throat]

      Messenger: Madman! You're a madman!

      King Leonidas: Earth and water? You'll find plenty of both down there.

      Messenger: No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger!

      King Leonidas: You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!

      Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!

      King Leonidas: Madness...?

      [shouting]

      King Leonidas: This is Sparta!

      [Kicks the messenger down the well]

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
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      To Victory
      Composed by Tyler Bates

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    Thrilling blood-fest
    The 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae is the stuff of military legend when, in popular lore, a mere 300 Spartans commanded by King Leonidas held off a Persian force led by Xerxes the Great that Herodotus claimed as 2.6 million. In truth, the Spartans were backed by a mixed force of almost 7,000, while there are enormous variations in modern estimates of the multi-ethnic Persian army, but somewhere between 100,000-200,000 seems realistic. Whatever the actual figures, the odds against the Spartans were terrible, death was inevitable, and their honour secure.

    The story was first told on film in 1962 when director Rudolph Maté went to Greece and shot a worthy, but conventional and surprisingly leaden, version entitled "The 300 Spartans", starring American Richard Egan as King Leonidas and the British David Farrar as Xerxes. "300" takes the same basic narrative and presents it in an utterly different style in a blood-fest when "The Wild Bunch" meets "Kill Bill" and the visuals are like nothing except "Sin City". This time the director is Zack Snyder, known for his music videos, and the location is a studio set in Montreal with green backgrounds later filled by superb computer-generated graphics and the whole storybook style is based on the graphic novel by co-producer Frank Miller. Both versions use the legendary exchange: "When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun!" "Good; then we will fight in the shade." But only "300" has such fun lines as: "Spartans! Enjoy your breakfast, for tonight we dine in Hell!"

    Ever since its first public showing at the Berlin Film Festival, most critics have mauled "300" and it presents an easy target for those wanting something more cerebral: there is virtually no plot or characterisation, the script is sparse and bland, much of the acting is exaggerated and over-loud, when it is not homo-erotic it is oddly camp, and the whole thing is stereotypical when it is not outright xenophobic and politically incorrect. And yet, as entertainment, it has much to offer: the sepia-tinged visuals are absolutely stunning and the fight sequences viscerally exciting. I was fortunate enough to see it in IMAX and I regularly felt blood-splattered and exhausted and quite ready to leap into the action.

    There are no big names in the cast list which helps the sense of history but does not raise the thespian talent quotient. Gerard Butler plays King Leonidas with a Scottish accent, while the Brazilian Rodrigo Santoro is a version of Xerxes bejewelled with ethnic metalwork. Most of the warriors are literally larger than life: the actors playing the Spartans reveal most of their bodies with digitally-enhanced muscles, while on Xerxes' side characters include a huge hunchback, a giant emissary and a claw-armed executioner as well the metal-masked Immortals. This is before we get on to an enormous raging rhino and bedecked elephants. Truly this is a battle with a circus-like cast. The love interest comes from the feisty wife of Leonidas, Queen Gorgo, portrayed by the alluring British actress Lena Headey. There is even a scene in a rippling corn field borrowed from "Gladiator".

    At the end of the day, what makes the movie are the thrilling fight sequences with encounters in which the film is slowed down and then speeded up to give a video-game quality that is unlike anything you have previously seen on the big screen. Whem a sword slashes or a spear lungs or an arrow whistles, you really feel and hear it. At times, it is as if a picture by Hieronymus Bosch had come to life.
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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Bulgaria
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 300: The IMAX Experience
    • Filming locations
      • Icestorm Studios, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Legendary Entertainment
      • Virtual Studios
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $65,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $210,629,101
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $70,885,301
      • Mar 11, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $456,082,343
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      1 hour 57 minutes
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      • DTS
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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