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300

Year:
Duration:
117 min
Genres:
Action | Fantasy | War
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
Zack Snyder
Awards:
12 wins & 30 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2007-03-09
Filming Locations: Icestorm Studios, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $65,000,000
Opening Weekend: $70,885,301 (USA) (11 March 2007)
Gross: $210,614,939 (USA) (23 July 2012)
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Stephen McHattie
Loyalist
Greg Kramer
Ephor #1
Alex Ivanovici
Ephor #2
Kelly Craig
Oracle Girl
Eli Snyder
Leonidas at 7
Tyler Neitzel
Leonidas at 15 yrs
Tim Connolly
Leonidas' Father
Marie-Julie Rivest
Leonidas' Mother
Sebastian St. Germain
Fighting Boy (12 years old) (as Sébastian St Germain)
Peter Mensah
Messenger
Arthur Holden
Partisan
Michael Sinelnikoff
Elder councilman
John Dunn-Hill
Councilman
Dennis St John
Spartan Baby Inspector (as Dennis St. John)
Neil Napier
Spartan with Stick
Dylan Smith
Sentry #1 (as Dylan Scott Smith)
Maurizio Terrazzano
Sentry #2
Robert Paradis
Spartan General
Kwasi Songui
Persian
Frédéric Smith
Statesman
Loucas Minchillo
Spartan Baby A
Nicholas Minchillo
Spartan Baby B
Tom Rack
Ephor #3
David Francis
Ephor #4
James Bradford
Ephor #5
Andrew Shaver
Free Greek-Potter
Robin Wilcock
Free Greek-Sculptor
Kent McQuaid
Free Greek-Blacksmith
Marcel Jeannin
Free Greek-Baker
Jere Gillis
Spartan General #2
Tyrone Benskin
Persian Emissary
Robert Maillet
Uber Immortal (Giant)
Patrick Sabongui
Persian General
Leon Laderach
Executioner
Dave Lapommeray
Persian General Slaughtered (as David Lapommeray)
Vervi Mauricio
Armless Concubine
Charles Papasoff
Blacksmith
Isabelle Champeau
Mother at Market
Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz
Daughter at Market (3 / 5 years old)
Maéva Nadon
Girl at Market (as Maeva Nadon)
David Thibodeau
Boy #1 at Market
David Schaap
Potter
Jean Michel Paré
Other Council Guard (as Jean-Michel Paré)
Stewart Myiow
Persian General
Andreanne Ross
Concubine #1 (as Andréanne Ross)
Sara Giacalone
Concubine #2
Ariadne Bourbonnière
Kissing Concubine #1 (as Ariadne Bourbonniere)
Isabelle Fournel
Kissing Concubine #2
Sandrine Merette-Attiow
Contortionist (as Sandrine Mérette-Attiow)
Elisabeth Etienne
Dancer (as Élisabeth Etienne)
Danielle Hubbard
Dancer
Ruan Vibegaard
Dancer
Genevieve Guilbault
Slave Girl (as Geneviéve Guilbault)
Bonnie Mak
Slave Girl
Amélie Sorel
Slavegirl
Caroline Aspirot
Slave Girl
Gina Gagnon
Slave Girl
Tania Trudell
Slave Girl
Stéphanie Aubry
Slave Girl (as Stephanie Aubry)
Mercedes Leggett
Slave Girl
Stephania Gambaroff
Slave Girl (as Stéphania Gambarova)
Chanelle Lamothe
Slave Girl
Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault
Slave Girl
Manny Cortez Tuazon
Transsexual (Asian) #1
Atif Y. Siddiqi
Transsexual (Arabian) #3 (as Atif Siddiqi)
Camille Rizkallah
Giant with Arrow
Trudi Hanley
Long Neck Woman
Neon Cobran
Litter Bearer /
Gary A. Hecker
Ubermortal Vocals (voice)
Devin Delorme
Market boy #2 (uncredited)
Deke Richards
Spartan Soldier (uncredited)
Darren Shahlavi
Persian (uncredited)
Marc Trottier
Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
Duy Vo Van
Persian (uncredited)
Agnieshka Wnorowska
Market woman (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
At the time, this had the 24th biggest box office opening in history.
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Michael Fassbender's feature film debut.
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A large rock-like set piece was constructed for the film in the shape of a flattened U and was used for multiple locations throughout the film just by shooting it from different angles.
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Goofs
When Queen Gorgo and the Loyalist meet for the first time, they speak against a backdrop of torches. We see their shadows as they talk on the sand. However, when we see them speaking again, the floor beneath them is all stone. It is not possible that their shadows could have reached all the way from where they speaking, down the steps, and out into the sandy courtyard.
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When Leonidas asks his 300 what their profession is on the hill, his booming voice leaves a very short echo, indicating obviously that the scene was filmed inside of a small studio as opposed to the open mountain terrain shown in the image.
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Before Astinos dies, you can see the white horse standing in the background through the fog waiting to move forward.
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Quotes
Dilios: "Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember why we died." For he did not wish tribute, nor song, nor monuments nor poems of war and valor. His wish was simple. "Remember us," he said to me. That was his hope, should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be. May all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones, "Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here by Spartan law, we lie."
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King Leonidas: This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die!
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Persian: My arm!
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Faq
Q
Why didn't Leonidas or Gorgo have Theron arrested or executed?
A
Theron (Dominic West) had control over the senate, who could overrule the king in relation to state matters. So while Leonidas was in command, the Senate had more power than he did. Both Gorgo and Leonidas know Theron is a threat, but because of his position in the Senate, to arrest and/or execute him would look as if Leonidas had gone mad with power and was going against the Ephors.
Q
What was the significance of Leonidas saying "May you live forever" to Ephialtes?
A
To say "May you live forever" to a Spartan is to insult them, as a Spartan's goal in life was to die in the glory of battle. So to say to a fellow Spartan that you hope they live forever, is to deny them their glory. It also has a double-meaning when Leonidas says this, because he also wants Ephialtes to live forever with the guilt and shame of betraying the Spartans.
Q
Why didn't Sparta send its full army north to support King Leonidas?
A
Spartan policy was not set by the kings, but by the Ephors, five men who formed an executive council that was elected annually (in 300, the Ephors are lecherous mystics who live on a mountaintop). According to Herodotus, the Ephors concluded that Sparta could afford to wait until after the city had celebrated the Carneian Festival before deploying the army. Xerxes had been delaying his invasion for months, so the Greeks did not realize that the main Persian thrust was imminent. Advised of the festival by exiled Spartan king Demaratus, Xerxes altered his plans so that the attack would take full advantage of the distraction offered by the festival. Other Greek states withheld troops because they were celebrating the Olympics, thus leaving the defense of Thermopylae seriously undermanned. Sparta traditionally restricted its military activity to the Peloponnesus (southern Greece), so it is possible that the Ephors favored a defense centered on the Isthmus of Corinth and were reluctant to send troops to the rescue of Thebes and Athens. This theory is part of the storyline of The 300 Spartans (1962), the movie that inspired Frank Miller to write the graphic novel on which 300 is based.
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Photos from cast
Jeremy Thibodeau Alexandra Beaton
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