Genre: Action | Adventure
300, released in 2007, is based on a graphic novel "300" written by an American comic book writer, Frank Miller. It is a fictionalized retelling of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae in Greece.
The main casts of the movie are Gerard Butler (as King Leonidas of Sparta), Lena Headey (as Queen Gorgo - Leonidas' wife), David Wenham (as Dilios - Narator and Spartan soldier), Rodrigo Santoro (as King Xerxes of Persia), Tyler Neitzel (as Young Leonidas), Giovani Cimmino (as Pleistarchos - Leonidas' son), and Vincent Regan (as Captain Artemis - Leonidas' friend).
Movie Synopsis:
In 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae in Greece, King Leonidas of Sparta led his 300 chosen army against the massive Persian warriors and their King, Xerxes of Persia. The Spartans may be outnumbered by the Persians but their skills and valor played a key role to match the Persians despite their supremacy to gain the world's first democracy. The battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians.
The movie is a portrayal of a role played by the heroic Spartans to achieve the freedom from the Persians .
Movie Trivia:
- Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. wanted this film to have a PG-13 rating but director Zack Snyder refused to do it until the film producers agreed to make it an R-Rated movie.
- Zack Snyder’s son plays young Leonidas in the child fight training scene.
- Sienna Miller and Silvia Colloca are considered to play the role of Queen Gorgo.
- The film used the weapons from the previous war epics like "Alexander" and "Troy" to cut production costs.
- The film doesn't use much CGI graphics. "It's virtual matte paintings. I call it a low-tech movie because it's such a simple concept: putting people in front of painted backdrops. It's like a student film on steroids." - Zack Snyder
- The CGI elephants used in the movie are expensive. "Our rhinos and elephants were the things that broke the bank. That's why there aren't a lot of them" - said Snyder.
- The entire principal cast of the movie undergo rigorous physical training to present themselves as a well-trained warrior because the script requires most of the male cast to spend most of their screen time bare-chested based on Frank Miller's novel.
- The entire film was shot in 60 days with 1,523 cuts and 1,006 visual effects shots.
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