300
Action, Fantasy
Warner Bros.  (2006) 116 mins R

7.9 (192,073 votes)
The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Experience history at swordpoint. And moviemaking with a cutting edge....

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Cast and Crew
Gerard Butler  ......  King Leonidas
Lena Headey  ......  Queen Gorgo
David Wenham  ......  Dilios
Dominic West  ......  Theron
Rodrigo Santoro  ......  Xerxes
Vincent Regan  ......  Captain
Director  .....  Zack Snyder
Producer  .....  Mark Canton; Bernie Goldmann; Steve Barnett
Writer  .....  Zack Snyder; Kurt Johnstad
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the scene in which the battle rhino appears, the rhino can be seen passing through one of the Persians. (more)

Trivia:
Post-production took almost a year. The film was edited on an Avid, with an HD cut also maintained in Final Cut Pro The 3D was made using Maya, XSI and Lightwave The 2D composites were made with Shake, Inferno, Fusion and Combustion. The filmmakers prefer Macintosh, but large portions of the movie were made under Linux. Asset management was handled by custom software written in the Panorama development environment, made by Provue. Color management was handled by Truelight software. The film was scanned on a Northlight scanner and was recorded on the Arrilaser. Most of the film was shot at high speed, between 50 and 150fps (normally, film is shot at 24fps). The film was transferred to HD SR tape and quicktime, and HD quicktimes were the basis for the HD preview cuts. The working resolution for the film was 2K, at a working aspect ratio of 2.11:1 and a projected aspect ratio of 2.39:1. (more)

Filming Locations:
Icestorm Studios, Montréal, Québec, Canada (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Dilios: When the boy was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected.
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Awards:
9 wins & 26 nominations (more)