TY - ADVS AU - Nunnari,Gianni AU - Canton,Mark AU - Goldmann,Bernie AU - Silver,Jeffrey AU - Snyder,Zack AU - Johnstad,Kurt AU - Gordon,Michael B. AU - Butler,Gerard AU - Headey,Lena AU - Wenham,David AU - West,Dominic AU - Regan,Vincent AU - Fassbender,Michael AU - Wisdom,Tom AU - Pleavin,Andrew AU - Tiernan,Andrew AU - Santoro,Rodrigo AU - Mensah,Peter AU - McHattie,Stephen AU - Varley,Lynn AU - Miller,Frank ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Legendary Pictures. ED - Virtual Studios. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - 300 SN - 078066325x AV - PN1995.9.E79 T4744 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Distributed by Warner Home Video KW - Leonidas, KW - Xerxes KW - Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C KW - Drama KW - Tactics KW - Greece KW - History KW - Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C KW - Thermopylae (Greece) KW - Historical films KW - War films KW - Action and adventure films KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Epic films KW - Adventure films KW - War KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Historical KW - Adventure N1 - Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley; Special features: Audio commentary by director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong.; The bonus disc includes the special effects and some tips on making of the film; Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, James Bissell ; visual effects supervisor, Chris Watts; Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Peter Mensah, Stephen McHattie; MPAA rating: R; graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity N2 - In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw. When the Greeks did not leave, Xerxes was left with no option and he moved forward. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat would not have happened if not for a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, who defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks ER -