300 is a 2006 American epic period action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The film was co-written and directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a superimposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. Critics praised its visuals and style but criticised its depiction of the Persians, which some characterized as bigoted or Iranophobic. It grossed over USD 456 million, and the film’s opening was the 24th-largest in box office history at the time.
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300 is a 2006 American epic period action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The film was co-written and directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a superimposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. The plot revolves around King Leonidas, who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian \”God-King\” Xerxes and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. A sequel, titled Rise of an Empire, based on Miller’s previously unpublished graphic novel prequel Xerxes, was released on March 7, 2014. Critics praised its visuals and style but criticised its depiction of the Persians, which some characterized as bigoted or Iranophobic. It grossed over USD 456 million, and the film’s opening was the 24th-largest in box office history at the time. The movie was released for the first time in Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon on December 9, 2006, later released in Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2007, and finally released in both conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States on March 9, 2007. In 479 B. C., one year after the Battle of Thermopylae, Dilios, a hoplite in the Spartan army, begins his story by depicting the life of Leonidas I from childhood to kingship via Spartan doctrine. Leonidas then visits the Ephors, proposing a strategy to drive back the numerically superior Persians through the Hot Gates.
His plan involves building a wall in order to funnel thePersians into a narrow pass between the rocks and the sea: negating the Persian advantage in numbers, and giving the Greeks’ heavy infantry the advantage over the vast waves of Persian light infantry. The battle begins soon after the Spartans’ refusal to lay down their weapons. Using the Hot gates to their advantage, as well as their superior fighting skills, the Spartans repel wave after wave of the advancing Persian army. The Arcadians retreat upon learning of Ephialtes’ betrayal, but the Spartans stay to return to Sparta and tell them what happened. Meanwhile, an embittered Ephials defects to Xerxes to whom he reveals the secret path in exchange for wealth, women, and a Persian uniform. In response, Xerxes sends the Immortals to crush the Spartans, with slight help from new waves of the Persian subject states, including elephants, to crush them. The Spartans nonetheless with few losses, with Xerxes sending new waves from the other subject states to crush Thespians, including Persian elephants, but to no avail. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldierDilios. Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. They are joined along the way by a few thousandArcadians.
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