300

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 03 09 (USA - IMAX) / 2007 03 09 (USA)

UPC: 012569736627

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Action

Awards: Film Presented – Berlin International Film Festival Best Picture - Animated or Mixed Media – Golden Satellite Award Best Visual Effects – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Visual Effects – Phoenix Film Critics Association Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film – Art Directors Guild

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

300

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/31/2007

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: 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]

Jeremy Wheeler

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. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Cast and Crew: William Fay  Executive Producer 
Jeffrey Silver  Producer 
Gianni Nunnari  Producer 
Mark Canton  Producer 
Bernie Goldmann  Producer 
Tyler Bates  Composer (Music Score) 
Frank Miller  Executive Producer 
Zack Snyder  Director 
Zack Snyder  Screenwriter 
Craig Flores  Executive Producer 
Stefan Sonnenfeld  Producer 
Kurt Johnstad  Screenwriter 
Deborah Snyder  Executive Producer 
Thomas Tull  Executive Producer 
Benjamin Waisbren  Executive Producer 
Michael B. Gordon  Screenwriter 
Gerard Butler  Actor 
Lena Headey  Actor 
Dominic West  Actor 
David Wenham  Actor 
Vincent Regan  Actor 
Michael Fassbender  Actor 
Tom Wisdom  Actor 
Andrew Pleavin  Actor 
Andrew Tiernan  Actor 
Rodrigo Santoro  Actor 
Giovani Antonio Cimmino  Actor 
Stephen McHattie  Actor 
Greg Kramer  Actor 
Alex Ivanovici  Actor 
Kelly Craig  Actor 
Eli Snyder  Actor 
Tyler Neitzel  Actor 
Tim Connolly  Actor 
Marie-Julie Rivest  Actor 
Sébastian St Germain  Actor 
Peter Mensah  Actor 
Arthur Holden  Actor 
Michael Sinelnikoff  Actor 
John Dunn-Hill  Actor 
Dennis St. John  Actor 
Neil Napier  Actor 
Dylan Scott Smith  Actor 
Maurizio Terrazzano  Actor 
Robert Paradis  Actor 
Kwasi Songui  Actor 
Alexandra Beaton  Actor 
Frédéric Smith  Actor 
Loucas Minchillo  Actor 
Nicholas Minchillo  Actor 
Tom Rack  Actor 
David J. Francis  Actor 
James Bradford  Actor 
Andrew Shaver  Actor 
Robin Wilcock  Actor 
Kent McQuaid  Actor 
Marcel Jeannin  Actor 
Jere Gillis  Actor 
Jeremy Thibodeau  Actor 
Tyrone Benskin  Actor 
Robert Maillet  Actor 
Patrick Sabongui  Actor 
Leon Laderach  Actor 
David Lapommeray  Actor 
Vervi Mauricio  Actor 
Charles Papasoff  Actor 
Isabelle Champeau  Actor 
Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz  Actor 
Maeva Nadon  Actor 
David Thibodeau  Actor 
David Schaap  Actor 
Jean-Michel Pare  Actor 
Stuart Myiow  Actor 
Andréanne Ross  Actor 
Sara Giacalone  Actor 
Ariadne Bourbonniere  Actor 
Isabelle Fournel  Actor 
Sandrine Mérette-Attiow  Actor 
Elisabeth Etienne  Actor 
Danielle Hubbard  Actor 
Ruan Vibegaard  Actor 
Geneviéve Guilbault  Actor 
Bonnie Mak  Actor 
Amélie Sorel  Actor 
Caroline Aspirot  Actor 
Gina Gagnon  Actor 
Tania Trudell  Actor 
Stephanie Aubry  Actor 
Mercedes Leggett  Actor 
Stéphania Gambarova  Actor 
Chanelle Lamothe  Actor 
Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault  Actor 
Manny Cortez Tuazon  Actor 
Cindy  Actor 
Atif Siddiqi  Actor 
Camille Rizkallah  Actor 
Trudi Hanley  Actor 
Neon Cobran  Actor 
Gary A. Hecker  Actor 

Country: USA