300 * Quotes
Release date: 04/05/2007
Runtime: 117 min
"300" is an epic action film based on the comic of the same name by Frank Miller and directed by Zack Snyder. The film tells the story of the legendary battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, where 300 brave Spartans fought against an overwhelming Persian army.
The film impresses with its visual opulence and aesthetic design, taken directly from the comic book. The battles are brutally and bloodily staged and are accompanied by an intense soundtrack.
In the lead role, Gerard Butler is convincing as the Spartan king Leonidas, who leads his men into battle with determination and courage. Lena Headey as his wife Queen Gorgo and Rodrigo Santoro as the Persian King Xerxes also deliver solid performances.
However, the film's mise-en-scène has come under criticism for heavily distorting historical facts in favor of dramatic effects. The portrayal of the Persians as cruel and inhumane enemies is also controversial.
"300" is an exciting and action-packed film that thrills its viewers with breathtaking images and intense battles, but is not necessarily considered historically accurate.
The film impresses with its visual opulence and aesthetic design, taken directly from the comic book. The battles are brutally and bloodily staged and are accompanied by an intense soundtrack.
In the lead role, Gerard Butler is convincing as the Spartan king Leonidas, who leads his men into battle with determination and courage. Lena Headey as his wife Queen Gorgo and Rodrigo Santoro as the Persian King Xerxes also deliver solid performances.
However, the film's mise-en-scène has come under criticism for heavily distorting historical facts in favor of dramatic effects. The portrayal of the Persians as cruel and inhumane enemies is also controversial.
"300" is an exciting and action-packed film that thrills its viewers with breathtaking images and intense battles, but is not necessarily considered historically accurate.
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Cast (partial)
Lena Headey (Queen Gorgo), Gerard Butler (King Leonidas), Dominic West (Theron), David Wenham (Dilios), Vincent Regan (Kapitän) (more...)
Movie Quotes
Persian: "A thousand nations of the Persian empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!"
Stelios: "Then we will fight in the shade."
Stelios: "Then we will fight in the shade."
Stelios Michael Fassbender
Persian Kwasi Songui
"Immortals... we put their name to the test."
Dilios David Wenham
Queen Gorgo: "Spartan!"
King Leonidas: "Yes, my lady?"
Queen Gorgo: "Come back with your shield, or on it."
King Leonidas: "Yes, my lady."
King Leonidas: "Yes, my lady?"
Queen Gorgo: "Come back with your shield, or on it."
King Leonidas: "Yes, my lady."
Queen Gorgo Lena Headey
King Leonidas Gerard Butler
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"The old ones say we Spartans are descended from Hercules himself. Bold Leonidas gives testament to our bloodline. His roar is long and loud."
Dilios David Wenham
"'Goodbye my love.' He doesn't say it. There's no room for softness... not in Sparta. No place for weakness. Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. Only the hard, only the strong."
Dilios David Wenham
"See, old friend, I brought more soldiers than you did!"
King Leonidas Gerard Butler
Xerxes: "There will be no glory in your sacrifice. I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories! Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. Every Greek historian, and every scribe shall have their eyes pulled out, and their tongues cut from their mouths. Why, uttering the very name of Sparta, or Leonidas, will be punishable by death! The world will never know you existed at all!"
King Leonidas: "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed."
King Leonidas: "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed."
Xerxes Rodrigo Santoro
King Leonidas Gerard Butler
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