300

Gerard Butler Director: Zack Snyder Zack Snyder

Overview

Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping take on the historic Battle of Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy of Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan King Leonidas and Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo. The massive army of the Persian Empire is sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that dares stand in its path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering King Leonidas power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will of the all powerful Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), the strong-willed leader assembles a small army comprised of his empire's best fighters and marches off to battle. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, the loyal Queen Gorgo attempts to convince both the skeptical council and the devious Theron (Dominic West) to send more troops despite the fact that many view Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression. As Xerxes' fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist the Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of Greece to stand up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that would ultimately give birth to the modern concept of democracy.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/31/2007
UPC:	0012569736627
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:56:00
Sales rank:	9,411

Special Features

Commentary by director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gerard Butler	King Leonidas
Lena Headey	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 Antonio Cimmino	Pleistarchos
Stephen McHattie	Loyalist
Greg Kramer	Ephor #1
Alex Ivanovici	Ephor #2
Kelly Craig	Oracle Girl
Eli Snyder	Leonidas @ 7/8 Yrs
Tyler Neitzel	Leonidas @ 15 Yrs
Tim Connolly	Leonidas' Father
Marie-Julie Rivest	Leonidas' Mother
Sébastian St Germain	Fighting Boy (12 Years Old)
Peter Mensah	Messenger
Arthur Holden	Partisan
Michael Sinelnikoff	Elder Councilman
John Dunn-Hill	Councilman
Dennis St. John	Spartan Baby Inspector
Neil Napier	Spartan With Stick
Dylan Scott Smith	Sentry #1
Maurizio Terrazzano	Sentry #2
Robert Paradis	Spartan General
Kwasi Songui	Persian
Alexandra Beaton	Burned Village Child
Frédéric Smith	Statesman
Loucas Minchillo	Spartan Baby A
Nicholas Minchillo	Spartan Baby B
Tom Rack	Ephor #3
David J. Francis	Ephor #4
James Bradford	Ephor #5
Andrew Shaver	Free Greek-Potter
Robin Wilcock	Free Geek-Sculptor
Kent McQuaid	Free Greek-Blacksmith
Marcel Jeannin	Free Greek-Baker
Jere Gillis	Spartan General #2
Jeremy Thibodeau	Spartan Boy
Tyrone Benskin	Persian Emissary
Robert Maillet	Uber Immortal (Giant)
Patrick Sabongui	Persian General
Leon Laderach	Executioner
David Lapommeray	Persian General Slaughtered
Vervi Mauricio	Armless Concubine
Charles Papasoff	Blacksmith
Isabelle Champeau	Mother at Market
Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz	Daughter at Market (3/5 Years Old)
Maeva Nadon	Girl at Market
David Thibodeau	Boy #1 at Market
David Schaap	Potter
Jean-Michel Pare	Other Council Guard
Stuart Myiow	Persian General
Andréanne Ross	Concubines
Sara Giacalone	Concubines
Ariadne Bourbonniere	Kissing Concubines
Isabelle Fournel	Kissing Concubines
Sandrine Mérette-Attiow	Contortionist
Elisabeth Etienne	Dancers
Danielle Hubbard	Dancers
Ruan Vibegaard	Dancers
Geneviéve Guilbault	Slave Girls
Bonnie Mak	Slave Girls
Amélie Sorel	Slave Girls
Caroline Aspirot	Slave Girls
Gina Gagnon	Slave Girls
Tania Trudell	Slave Girls
Stephanie Aubry	Slave Girls
Mercedes Leggett	Slave Girls
Stéphania Gambarova	Slave Girls
Chanelle Lamothe	Slave Girls
Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault	Slave Girl
Manny Cortez Tuazon	Transexual (Asian) #1
Cindy	Transexual (Asian) #2
Atif Siddiqi	Transexual (Asian) #3
Camille Rizkallah	Giant With Arrow
Trudi Hanley	Long Neck Woman
Neon Cobran	Litter Bearer/Slave
Gary A. Hecker	Ubermortal Vocals

Technical Credits

Zack Snyder

Michael B. Gordon

Kurt Johnstad

Zack Snyder	Director,Screenwriter
Frédéric Amblard	Set Decoration/Design
Abdul Ayoola	Stunts
Steve Barnett	Co-producer
Tyler Bates	Score Composer
James D. Bissell	Production Designer
Hubert Boorder	Stunts
Sylvain Bourgeois	Stunts
Bob Brown	Stunts
Alex Cadieux	Stunts
Erland Campbell	Stunts
Mark Canton	Producer
Clint Carleton	Stunts
Jason Cavalier	Stunts
Richard Cetrone	Stunts
Gillian Chandler	Makeup
Doug Chapman	Stunts
George Chartrand	Special Effects
Larysa Chernienko	Makeup
Francis Choquette	Special Effects
Mike Chute	Stunts
Wesley Coller	Associate Producer
Scott Cosgrove	Stunts
Pierre Cote	Special Effects
Jean-Sebastien Côté	Stunts
Louis Craig	Special Effects Supervisor
Stephane Dalpe	Special Effects
Neil Davison	Stunts
Jean-Martin Desmarais	Special Effects
Francois Dion	Special Effects
Mike Dopud	Stunts
Mario Dumont	Special Effects
Flint Tecumseh Eagle	Stunts
Jared Eddo	Stunts
Creature Effects	Makeup Special Effects
Peter Ejopovic	Special Effects
Andre Essiembre	Special Effects
Jonathan Eusebio	Stunts
William Fay	Executive Producer
Craig Flores	Executive Producer
Tig Fong	Stunts
Larry Fong	Cinematographer
Michel Fortin	Special Effects
Jean Frenette	Stunts
Frank Gauthier	Stunts
Stephen Gilbert	Special Effects
Vincent Gingras-Liberali	Set Decoration/Design
Christophe Giraud	Makeup
Bernie Goldmann	Producer
Michael B. Gordon	Screenwriter
Tad Griffith	Stunts
Guillermo Alejandro Grispo	Stunts
Bernard Guay	Special Effects
Erick Hebert	Special Effects
Daniel Hernandez	Stunts
Carrie Hilton	Casting
Paul Hotte	Art Director
William Hoy	Editor
Brian Jagersky	Stunts
Kurt Johnstad	Screenwriter
Stéphane Julien	Stunts
Andrea Kenyon	Casting
Patrick Kerton	Stunts
Andre LaForest	Special Effects
Larry "Warlock" Lam	Stunts
Brent Lambert	Set Decoration/Design
Celine Lampron	Set Decoration/Design
Jacques Langlois	Special Effects
André Laperriere	Special Effects
Cody Laudan	Stunts
Ian Lecompte	Stunts
Mathieu Ledoux	Stunts
Annick Legout	Makeup
David Leitch	Stunts
Nicholas Lepage	Art Director
Don Lew	Stunts
David Loveday	Special Effects
Christopher Mallet	Stunts
Simon Marineau	Special Effects
Christopher McGuire	Stunts
Darren Michael McGuire	Stunts
James Michalopoulos	Stunts
Julie Mignot	Makeup
Frank Miller	Executive Producer
Simon Northwood	Stunts
Gianni Nunnari	Producer
Jeffery Ong	Stunts
Jean-Pierre Paquet	Art Director
Louis Paquette	Stunts
Louis Pedneault	Special Effects
Josette Perrotta	Co-producer
Nathalie Peter-Contesse	Associate Producer
Guy Pigeon	Set Decoration/Design
Alexandre Prefontaine	Stunts
Mark Rappaport	Makeup Special Effects
Dominique Ricard	Camera Operator
Darren Rice	Stunts
Tim Rigby	Stunts
Ilan Rosenberg	Stunts
Patrick Rousseau	Sound/Sound Designer
Matthew Rugetti	Stunts
Daniel Sauvé	Camera Operator
Nigel Scantlebury	Stunts
Todd Scott	Stunts
Darren Shahlavi	Stunts
Jeffrey Silver	Producer
Shaun Smith	Makeup Special Effects
Deborah Snyder	Executive Producer
Stefan Sonnenfeld	Producer
Chad Stahelski	Stunts
Luc Therrien	Special Effects
Silenn Thomas	Associate Producer
Nadine Thouin	Choreography
Alex Touikan	Set Decoration/Design
Nathalie Trepanier	Makeup
Marc Trottier	Stunts
Thomas Tull	Executive Producer
Jonathan Valera	Stunts
Michael Verson	Special Effects
Benjamin Waisbren	Executive Producer
Martin Walters	Asst. Director
William R. Ward	Stunts
Ryan Watson	Stunts
Max White	Stunts
Peter White	Stunts
Dwayne Wiley	Stunts
Michael Wilkinson	Costumes/Costume Designer
Paul Wu	Stunts
Jesse James Youngblood	Stunts

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- 300
1. Spartan Education [5:14]
2. Messenger From Persia [5:06]
3. Sparta's Reply [2:53]
4. The Ephors [3:35]
5. The Oracle [2:52]
6. What Should a Free Man Do? [2:43]
7. With or on Your Shield [4:35]
8. More Soldiers Than You [2:12]
9. Hunters of Men's Souls [4:01]
10. Glorious Rain [1:48]
11. Fraction of the Monster [2:42]
12. Wall of the Dead [2:56]
13. Ephialtes' Request [3:23]
14. Hot Gates Battle [5:06]
15. Today No Spartan Dies [3:28]
16. Make Theron Your Ally [2:47]
17. Meeting Xerxes [6:16]
18. Immortals Put to the Test [3:39]
19. Über Immortal's Fall [3:22]
20. Numbers Count for Nothing [4:00]
21. Blood-Drunk [3:07]
22. Betrayer's Bargain [2:47]
23. Queen's Bargain [3:42]
24. Prepare for Glory [4:20]
25. Tell Them Our Story [2:29]
26. Trickster in True Form [4:47]
27. Victory in Surrender [4:55]
28. Fallen Heroes [4:31]
29. Go Tell the Spartans [5:36]
30. End Credits [7:28]

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Editorial Reviews

The world of swords and sandals is pumped up to the extreme with 300, a testosterone-tinged tale that's been operatically translated from the page to the screen for the action-hungry masses by director Zack Snyder. Adapting Frank Miller's comic series must not have been easy. First and foremost, the books were pure eye candy. Printed in full horizontal splash pages brought to breathtaking life by Lynn Varley's brush strokes, each issue demanded your eye-time first, then paid it off with Miller's typical tough prose later. That same dialogue figures prominently in the film -- in fact, much of the screen and page line up wondrously, even if the film does include its share of deviations. The extra bits of action are welcomed -- armored rhinos are a nice touch, as is the giant chained Persian that's unleashed on the Spartans. However, the added subplot involving the queen has raised a few eyebrows, if only because of the questionable pro-right-wing politics it contains. Snyder himself has shrugged off much of this criticism, although even he cannot deny that this is one of the lone Hollywood products of its time to align itself to such a troubled administration. Some moviegoers might also feel a bit uninvolved in the action simply because the tale is as direct as it is. With little context for most of the characters, the whole thing runs the chance of simply being a song-and-dance number made up of quick-to-slow shots of steel, blood, and open-throated yelling. But really, there's not much wrong with that, just as long as that's something the ticket holders are craving. Stodgy critics have compared it to video-game filmmaking, but it's far better to view it as a stylish exercise in how to bring Miller's work to the big screen in a way that's never been seen before -- just as Robert Rodriguez did with Sin City. In that way, Snyder has achieved what he set out to do. Now it's time for him to apply the skills learned here on something that will ignite the same kind of fire in audiences that Leonidas instilled in his troops.

All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler