TY - ADVS AU - Butler,Gerard AU - Canton,Mark AU - Cimmino,Giovani Antonio AU - Fassbender,Michael AU - Goldmann,Bernie AU - Gordon,Michael B. AU - Headey,Lena AU - Johnstad,Kurt AU - Miller,Frank AU - Nunnari,Gianni AU - Pleavin,Andrew AU - Regan,Vincent AU - Santoro,Rodrigo AU - Silver,Jeffrey AU - Snyder,Zack AU - Tiernan,Andrew AU - Wenham,David AU - West,Dominic AU - Wisdom,Tom ED - Legendary Pictures. ED - Virtual Studios. ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - 300 SN - 1419818007 PY - 2007/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video KW - Leonidas, KW - Xerxes KW - DVD KW - Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C KW - Drama KW - Greece KW - History KW - Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C KW - Action and adventure films KW - Epic films KW - Feature films KW - Historical films KW - War films KW - Adventure films KW - gsafd KW - Adventure KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Historical KW - War N1 - Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley; Special features: Commentary by director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong; Director of photography, Larry Fong ; edited by, William Hoy ; music by, 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 -