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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AtulaSiriwardane" data-source="post: 4050169" data-attributes="member: 120286">In 480 B.C., a small army of 300 <a href="http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-greece/sparta.htm" target="_blank">Spartan</a> warriors led by King Leonidas held off 100,000 <a href="http://history.howstuffworks.com/asian-history/ancient-persia.htm" target="_blank">Persian</a> invaders under the command of King <a href="http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-greece/xerxes.htm" target="_blank">Xerxes</a> at a narrow canyon called <a href="http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-greece/thermopylae.htm" target="_blank">Thermopylae</a>. 300 is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_film" target="_blank">2007</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_adaptation" target="_blank">film adaptation</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel" target="_blank">graphic novel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28comics%29" target="_blank">of the same name</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" target="_blank">Frank Miller</a>, and is a fictionalized retelling of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae" target="_blank">Battle of Thermopylae</a>. The film was directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder" target="_blank">Zack Snyder</a> while Miller served as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_producer" target="_blank">executive producer</a> and consultant. The film was shot mostly with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superimposition" target="_blank">super-imposition</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key" target="_blank">chroma key</a> technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta" target="_blank">Spartan</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I" target="_blank">King Leonidas</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Butler" target="_blank">Gerard Butler</a>) and 300 Spartans fight to the last man against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" target="_blank">Persian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_king" target="_blank">"God-King"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" target="_blank">Xerxes</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Santoro" target="_blank">Rodrigo Santoro</a>) and his army of more than one million soldiers. As the battle rages, Spartan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgo_%28Sparta%29" target="_blank">Queen Gorgo</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Headey" target="_blank">Lena Headey</a>) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over" target="_blank">voice-over</a> narrative by the Spartan soldier <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristodemus_%28Spartan%29" target="_blank">Dilios</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wenham" target="_blank">David Wenham</a>). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fantasy" target="_blank">historical fantasy</a>.<img src="http://store.ir-clan.net/images/300Movie.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Battle of Thermopylae [thər móppəlee] (Greek: Θερμοπύλαι), detailed primarily by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus" target="_blank">Herodotus</a>, was fought in August or September 480 BC,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-Herodotus_date-0" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-L118-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> between an alliance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" target="_blank">Greek</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City-state" target="_blank">city-states</a> and the invading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" target="_blank">Persian Empire</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I" target="_blank">Xerxes I</a>, at the pass of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermopylae" target="_blank">Thermopylae</a> in central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank">Greece</a>. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held up the Persians for seven days in total (including three of battle), before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_stand" target="_blank">last stands</a>. During two full days of battle, the small force led by King <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I" target="_blank">Leonidas I</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta" target="_blank">Sparta</a> blocked the only road through which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day of battle, a local resident named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephialtes_of_Trachis" target="_blank">Ephialtes</a> betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path used to take goats to other cities that led behind the Greek lines. Aware that they were being outflanked, Leonidas dismissed the bulk of the Greek army, remaining to guard the rear with 300 Spartans, 700 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespiae" target="_blank">Thespian</a>, 400 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" target="_blank">Thebans</a> and perhaps a few hundred others. The Persians succeeded in taking the pass but sustained losses disproportionate to those of the Greeks. In doing so, they conquered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotia" target="_blank">Boeotia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica" target="_blank">Attica</a>, burning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" target="_blank">Athens</a> in the process, but the fierce resistance of the Spartan-led army had given the Allies valuable time to prepare the defense of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese" target="_blank">Peloponnesus</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth" target="_blank">Isthmus of Corinth</a>, and later that year the Athenian-led navy was able to win a decisive naval battle that would do much to determine the outcome of the war.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-russel-7" target="_blank">[8]</a> The Greek victory at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis" target="_blank">Battle of Salamis</a> prevented a naval invasion of the Peloponnesus and therefore prevented the completion of the Persian conquest. Demoralised, Xerxes retreated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" target="_blank">Asia</a>, leaving a force in Greece under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardonius" target="_blank">Mardonius</a> to complete the subjugation of the Greeks. The following year, however, a full-strength Allied army defeated the Persian force at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea" target="_blank">Battle of Plataea</a>, ending the expansion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" target="_blank">Persian Empire</a> into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank">Europe</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[9]</a> Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the superior power of a patriotic army of freemen defending native soil.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-hanson-9" target="_blank">[10]</a> The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is also used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_multiplier" target="_blank">force multipliers</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-usarmy-10" target="_blank">[11]</a> and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#cite_note-usarmy-10" target="_blank">[11]</a>Movie Box office 300 was released in North America on March 9, 2007, in both conventional and IMAX theaters.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29#cite_note-TheaterReleaseDate-47" target="_blank">[48]</a> It grossed $28,106,731 on its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_Day" target="_blank">opening day</a> and ended its North American opening weekend with $70,885,301, breaking the record held by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age:_The_Meltdown" target="_blank">Ice Age: The Meltdown</a> for the biggest opening weekend in the month of March.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29#cite_note-48" target="_blank">[49]</a> 300's opening weekend gross is the 24th highest in box office history, coming slightly below <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World:_Jurassic_Park" target="_blank">The Lost World: Jurassic Park</a> but higher than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29" target="_blank">Transformers</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29#cite_note-49" target="_blank">[50]</a> It was the third biggest opening for an R-rated film ever, behind <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Reloaded" target="_blank">The Matrix Reloaded</a> ($91.8 million) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ" target="_blank">The Passion of the Christ</a> ($83.8 million).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29#cite_note-50" target="_blank">[51]</a> The film also set a record for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX" target="_blank">IMAX</a> cinemas with a $3.6 million opening weekend.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29#cite_note-51" target="_blank">[52]</a></blockquote>

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