300 (2006)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):

Zack Snyder (screenplay) &
Kurt Johnstad (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | History | War

Tagline:

Feel the wrath in IMAX

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Persian | King | Xerxes | Battle | Army

Awards:

9 wins & 27 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

300: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Malaysia:18PL (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #42864) | Malaysia:18PL | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Iran:(Banned) | France:-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Italy:T | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:15 | Peru:14 | India:A | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Icestorm Studios, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Shortly after the film was released, there was considerable controversy as regards Tyler Bates's score. It was pointed out that Bates' music heavily borrowed from Elliot Goldenthal's score for Titus (1999). In particular, Bates' "Remember Us" is identical in parts to Goldenthal's "Finale", and "Returns a King" is very similar to "Victorius Titus". There was talk of an impending lawsuit, however, on 3rd August 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged on the film's official website, "a number of the music cues for the score of 300 were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture Titus. Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene in which the battle rhino appears, the rhino can be seen passing through one of the Persians.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Meet the Spartans (2008)

Chills!

After I saw the teaser for 300 I knew I HAD to see this movie! From then on I avoided all other previews, reviews, etc. as not to influence my expectations of the movie. I then went into the theater on opening night with no knowledge of the plot... only that it had something to do with Greeks and Frank Miller! Ignorance is bliss! I was absolutely blown away. I'm a 26 yr old female who generally doesn't watch violent films... but I found the battle scenes so well done and breath taking. I had chills and goosebumps virtually the entire film. I'm with many other reviewers, who felt like they had to contain themselves from shouting "yeah!" at times. Maybe I'm crazy, but I thought the whole movie was very sexy and passionate, whether it was the sex scene, a battle scene, or Leonidis addressing his men.

I think it is a shame that so many people are condemning this movie for it's historical inaccuracies, or it's "racism", etc. People are reading far too into this movie. Whatever happened to enjoying a movie simply because it is entertaining and pleasing to to the eye? Don't people watch movies anymore to escape from the daily grind of life? I know I'm not as well spoken as many who have posted here. I just think this was a fantastic movie. I didn't go see it to learn anything! I just wanted to be entertained! And boy was I!