TY - ADVS AU - Canton,Mark AU - Goldmann,Bernie AU - Nunnari,Gianni AU - Silver,Jeffrey AU - Snyder,Zack AU - Johnstad,Kurt AU - Gordon,Michael B. AU - Butler,Gerard AU - Headey,Lena AU - West,Dominic AU - Wenham,David AU - Regan,Vincent AU - Fassbender,Michael AU - Wisdom,Tom AU - Pleavin,Andrew AU - Tiernan,Andrew AU - Santoro,Rodrigo AU - Cimmino,Giovani Antonio AU - Miller,Frank AU - Varley,Lynn ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Hollywood Gang Productions (Firm) ED - Atmosphere Entertainment. ED - Legendary Pictures (Firm) ED - Virtual Studios. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - 300 SN - 1419818015 AV - PN1995.9.E79 T4744 2007 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video KW - Leonidas, KW - Xerxes KW - Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B. C KW - Drama KW - Tactics KW - Ejercicios y maniobras KW - Teatro KW - bidex KW - Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C KW - Greece KW - History KW - Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C KW - Thermopylae (Greece) KW - Grecia KW - Civilización KW - Hasta 146 a.C KW - Feature films KW - Epic films KW - War films KW - Historical films KW - Action and adventure films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - War KW - Feature KW - local KW - Historical KW - Adventure N1 - Title from container; Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley; Special features: Audio commentary by director Zack Snyder, writer Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong; Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, James D. Bissell ; special effects supervisor, Louis Craig ; visual effects supervisors, Thierry Delattre, Chris Watts; Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Giovani Antonio Cimmino; MPAA rating: R; for 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 a 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 -