Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, “300” is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world’s first democracy.
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Film Cast:

• King Leonidas: Gerard Butler
• Queen Gorgo: Lena Headey
• Theron: Dominic West
• Dilios: David Wenham
• Captain: Vincent Regan
• Stelios: Michael Fassbender
• Astinos: Tom Wisdom
• Loyalist: Stephen McHattie
• Ephialtes: Andrew Tiernan
• Daxos: Andrew Pleavin
• Xerxes: Rodrigo Santoro
• Pleistarchos: Giovani Cimmino
• Leonidas at 15 yrs: Tyler Neitzel
• Leonidas at 7 / 8 yrs: Eli Snyder
• Leonidas’ Father: Tim Connolly
• Leonidas’ Mother: Marie-Julie Rivest
• Messenger: Peter Mensah
• Partisan: Arthur Holden
• Elder councilman: Michael Sinelnikoff
• Oracle Girl: Kelly Craig
• Ephor #1: Greg Kramer
• Ephor #2: Alex Ivanovici
• Ephor #3: Tom Rack
• Ephor #4: David Francis
• Ephor #5: James Bradford
• Fighting Boy (12 yrs old): Sebastian St. Germain
• Councilman: John Dunn-Hill
• Spartan Baby Inspector: Dennis St John
• Spartan with Stick: Neil Napier
• Sentry #1: Dylan Smith
• Sentry #2: Maurizio Terrazzano
• Spartan General: Robert Paradis
• Persian: Kwasi Songui
• Burned Village Child: Alexandra Beaton
• Statesman: Frédéric Smith
• Spartan Baby A: Loucas Minchillo
• Spartan Baby B: Nicholas Minchillo
• Free Greek-Potter: Andrew Shaver
• Free Greek-Baker: Marcel Jeannin
• Spartan General #2: Jere Gillis
• Free Greek-Sculptor: Robin Wilcock
• Spartan Boy: Jeremy Thibodeau
• Persian Emissary: Tyrone Benskin
• Uber Immortal (Giant): Robert Maillet
• Persian General: Patrick Sabongui
• Potter: David Schaap
• Executioner: Leon Laderach
• Persian General Slaughtered: Dave Lapommeray
• Armless Concubine: Vervi Mauricio
• Blacksmith: Charles Papasoff
• Mother at Market: Isabelle Champeau
• Daughter at Market (3 / 5 years old): Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz
• Girl at Market: Maéva Nadon
• Boy #1 at Market: David Thibodeau
• Other Council Guard: Jean Michel Paré
• Persian General: Stewart Myiow
• Concubine #1: Andreanne Ross
• Concubine #2: Sara Giacalone
• Kissing Concubine #1: Ariadne Bourbonnière
• Kissing Concubine #2: Isabelle Fournel
• Contortionist: Sandrine Merette-Attiow
• Dancer: Danielle Hubbard
• Dancer: Elisabeth Etienne
• Dancer: Ruan Vibegaard
• Slave Girl: Geneviève Guilbault
• Slave Girl: Bonnie Mak
• Slave Girl: Amélie Sorel
• Slave Girl: Caroline Aspirot
• Slave Girl: Gina Gagnon
• Slave Girl: Tania Trudel
• Slave Girl: Stéphanie Aubry
• Slave Girl: Mercedes Leggett
• Slave Girl: Stephania Gambaroff
• Slave Girl: Chanelle Lamothe
• Slave Girl: Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault
• Transsexual (Asian) #1: Manny Cortez Tuazon
• Transsexual (Arabian) #3: Atif Y. Siddiqi
• Giant with Arrow: Camille Rizkallah
• Long Neck Woman: Trudi Hanley
• Litter Bearer / Slave: Neon Cobran
• Ubermortal Vocals (voice): Gary A. Hecker
• Spartan Soldier (uncredited): Deke Richards
• Persian (uncredited): Darren Shahlavi
• Spartan Warrior (uncredited): Marc Trottier
• Persian (uncredited): Duy Vo Van
• Market woman (uncredited): Agnieshka Wnorowska
• Spartan Warrior (uncredited): David Leitch

Film Crew:

• Editor: William Hoy
• Graphic Novel: Frank Miller
• Costume Design: Michael Wilkinson
• Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Colin Strause
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Strause
• Casting: Carrie Hilton
• Executive Producer: Ben Waisbren
• Supervising Art Director: Isabelle Guay
• Production Design: James D. Bissell
• Stunts: David Leitch
• Producer: Gianni Nunnari
• Additional Casting: David Rapaport
• Director: Zack Snyder
• Original Music Composer: Tyler Bates
• Music Editor: Darrell Hall
• Supervising Sound Editor: Scott Hecker
• Visual Effects Producer: Nina Fallon
• Director of Photography: Larry Fong
• Screenplay: Kurt Johnstad
• Casting: Kristy Carlson
• Casting: Andrea Kenyon
• Casting Associate: Tamara Notcutt
• Art Direction: Nicolas Lepage
• Makeup Artist: Christophe Giraud
• Producer: Jeffrey Silver
• Rigging Gaffer: Gilles Fortier
• Visual Effects Producer: Ismat Zaidi
• Executive Producer: Thomas Tull
• Executive Producer: William Fay
• Additional Casting: Lindsey Hayes Kroeger
• Sound Effects Editor: Derek Vanderhorst
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Thierry Delattre
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Anouk Deveault-Moreau
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jeremy Hunt
• Visual Effects Producer: Daniel Leduc
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Martin
• ADR Voice Casting: Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson
• Executive Producer: Scott Mednick
• Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Producer: Bernie Goldmann
• Associate Producer: Wesley Coller
• Executive Producer: Deborah Snyder
• Stunt Coordinator: Stéphane Lefebvre
• Camera Operator: François Daignault
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Mirosław Baszak
• Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Eric A. Norris
• First Assistant Director: Martin Walters
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Watts
• Executive Producer: Craig J. Flores
• Techno Crane Operator: David Uloth
• Key Makeup Artist: Nathalie Trépanier
• 3D Tracking Layout: Jean-Francois Morissette
• Casting Associate: Randi Wells
• Costume Illustrator: Simonetta Mariano
• Set Designer: Brent Lambert
• Utility Stunts: Tim Rigby
• Screenplay: Michael B. Gordon
• Graphic Novel: Lynn Varley
• Assistant Costume Designer: Christine Bieselin Clark
• Costumer: Azalia Snail
• Hairstylist: Michelle Côté
• Set Decoration: Philippe Lord
• Art Direction: Jean-Pierre Paquet
• Makeup Department Head: Scott Wheeler
• Costume Supervisor: Lyse Pomerleau
• Dialogue Editor: Frederick H. Stahly
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins
• CG Supervisor: Danielle Plantec
• Transportation Coordinator: Collin Butrum
• Foley Artist: Michael J. Broomberg
• Set Designer: Vincent Gingras-Liberali
• Boom Operator: Maxime Ferland
• Dresser: Julie Amyot
• Transportation Coordinator: Daniel Matthews
• Transportation Captain: John Bober
• Visual Effects Producer: Chad Malbon
• Set Designer: Frédéric Amblard
• Set Designer: Alex Touikan
• Property Master: Denis Hamel
• Sculptor: Lucie Fournier
• Visual Effects Producer: Michael Meagher
• Still Photographer: Takashi Seida
• Visual Effects Producer: Gayle Busby
• Sound Effects Editor: David Werntz
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Ray McIntyre Jr.
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño
• Art Department Coordinator: Charlotte Raybourn
• Art Department Coordinator: Helene Lamarre
• Property Master: Simon Chamberland
• Sculptor: Hiroshi Yada
• Sculptor: Keith Christensen
• Sculptor: Marc Chow
• Greensman: Martin Laneuville
• Dialogue Editor: Miguel Rivera
• Special Effects Coordinator: Stephen Gilbert
• Visual Effects Producer: Andy Fowler
• Visual Effects Producer: Thomas Nittmann
• Visual Effects Producer: Persis Reynolds
• Visual Effects Producer: Mandy Tankenson
• Visual Effects Editor: George McCarthy
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Kirsty Millar
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Edson Williams
• Steadicam Operator: Daniel Sauvé
• Gaffer: John Lewin
• Location Manager: Pierre Blondin
• Script Supervisor: Kimi Webber
• Choreographer: Nadine Thouin
• Studio Teachers: Jerie McBride
• Costume Assistant: Jennifer Anderson
• Visual Effects Supervisor: John ‘D.J.’ Des Jardin
• Compositing Supervisor: Erik Liles
• Key Hair Stylist: Réjean Forget
• ADR Supervisor: Zack Davis
• Hair Department Head: Audrey L. Anzures
• Rigging Gaffer: Marco Venditto
• Digital Intermediate Producer: Des Carey
• Digital Intermediate Producer: Missy Papageorge
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Ryan Zuttermeister
• First Assistant Editor: Melissa Remenarich
• Compositing Supervisor: Chris Holmes
• ADR Editor: Jeff Rosen
• Sound Effects Editor: Jon Mete
• Foley Mixer: Kyle Rochlin
• Sound Effects Editor: Brad North
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Cristin Pescosolido
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Derek Wentworth
• Hairstylist: Jean-Jacques Dion
• Key Makeup Artist: Jocelyne Bellemare
• Visual Effects: Hugo Dominguez
• CG Supervisor: Stephen Coren
• Lead Animator: Michael Cozens
• Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Wertheim
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Jake Morrison
• Second Unit Director: Clay Staub
• CG Supervisor: Chris Wells
• Costume Assistant: Martine Gagnon
• Armory Coordinator: Serge Lavigueur
• Foley Supervisor: Mark Pappas
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Ryan Kuba
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Tyler Foell
• Video Assist Operator: Julie Garceau
• Modelling Supervisor: Yoshiya Yamada
• Key Grip: Robert B. Baylis
• Foley Editor: Shawn Sykora
• Wardrobe Assistant: Rosalie Clermont-Bilodeau
• Compositing Artist: Martin Zwanzger
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Eric Aubin
• Grip: Alain Bisson Doyal
• Concept Artist: Meinert Hansen
• Extras Casting: Julie Breton
• First Assistant Camera: William R. Dalgleish
• Epk Camera Operator: Noel Donnellon
• Lighting Technician: Christian Chabot
• Set Designer: Guy Pigeon
• First Assistant Camera: Yves Drapeau
• Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
• Title Designer: Garson Yu
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Catherine Lavoie
• CG Supervisor: Yanick Wilisky
• Key Grip: Alain Masse
• Dolly Grip: Richard Boucher
• Chief Lighting Technician: Jean Courteau
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Gillian Chandler
• Casting Assistant: Shawn Roberts
• Concept Artist: Dan Milligan
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Dean Gula
• Assistant Editor: Nathan Gunn
• Utility Stunts: Tad Griffith
• Pre-Visualization Supervisor: Chadi Abo
• Dolly Grip: Patrice Lapointe
• Concept Artist: Marco Nero
• Dresser: Catherine Gélinas
• Second Assistant Camera: Caroline Béliveau
• CG Supervisor: Bret St. Clair
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Jayne Herrmann
• Post Production Consulting: Todd Baillere
• Set Dresser: Louis Frederic Denomme
• Visual Effects Coordinator: P. Whitney Gearin
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Richard Cote
• Colorist: Bill Holley
• Storyboard Artist: Richard Bennett
• Makeup Artist: Larysa Chernienko
• 3D Artist: Nerys Lincoln
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Danielle Rubin
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Lisa Marra
• Compositing Artist: Julia Reinhard
• Set Dresser: Marco Lavallée
• Compositing Artist: Sergio Ayrosa
• 3D Modeller: Andreas Nehls
• Online Editor: Dylan Carter
• Grip: Mathieu Price
• Second Assistant “A” Camera: Sylvain Dupuis
• Generator Operator: Stephane Boisvert
• Best Boy Grip: David Dinel
• Dolly Grip: Stephen Wells
• Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Alejandro Valdes-Rochin
• Best Boy Electrician: Jeff Scott
• Animation Supervisor: Joshua Cordes
• Visual Effects Art Director: Grant Freckelton
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Karl Rogovin
• Lighting Technician: Pierre Beaulieu
• Pyrotechnician: Jacques Langlois
• Key Dresser: Henri Aubertin
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Melina Di Cristo
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Annick Legout
• Makeup Artist: David Scott
• Tattooist: Adam Forman
• Assistant Camera: Christian Lemay
• Electrician: Richard Alger
• Grip: Robert Lapierre Jr.
• Grip: Martine Vincent
• Rigging Grip: Sandrin Olivier
• Dresser: Tereska Gesing
• Key Dresser: Pascal Gauthier
• Title Designer: Yolanda Santosa
• Art Department Production Assistant: Caroline Lachance
• Storyboard Artist: Mark Alan Yates
• Compositing Artist: Stephan Schweizer
• Modelling Supervisor: Cesar Dacol Jr.
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Chris Capell
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Marie-Claude Aubry
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Marie-Chantale Savard-Côté
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Ana Marie Cruz
• Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Ross
• Colorist: Éric Gaudry
• VFX Artist: Arild Anfinnsen
• Costumer: Marie-Maude Grenier

Movie Reviews:

• CRCulver: 300, the 2007 story of the three hundred Spartans who held off a massive Persian offensive in Ancient Greece, proved a disappointing film. In spite of my Classics degree, I won’t complain about the divergences from recorded fact. The film is clearly meant to be a fantasy on historical themes instead of a faithful account of the event. Rather, what irked me was the hammy dialogue. There were the tropes of recent Hollywood battle scenes: warriors on the good guys’ side defending themselves with little exertion as they trade silly quips about how they’ve got each other’s backs. A queen gives an address to a council that is all melodrama — are we back in George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels?

  Having enjoyed Sin City, a film with a similar green screen approach, I thought that 300 would be enjoyable on the basis of its special effects, but alas it wasn’t. For one, the cinematography is claustrophobic. All outdoor scenes but one were filmed with a green screen, and the digital backdrops add no depth. Even when supposedly standing on the Greek coast under a big sky, everyone seems like they are just standing around in a fairly small room. Also, the fight scenes seem more primitive than considering that this film followed years after The Matrix Reloaded.

  The little I can recommend 300 for is the variety of demonic monsters and exotic costumed assassins that fill the Persian army. As I said, this is a fantasy on historical themes, and the additions are often interesting. Still, I had a hard time sitting through the whole film.

• Gimly: Leather underwear and a cape is honestly such a Look™.

  _300_ cops a lot of flak for being all style and no substance, and I’m not gonna stand here and lie to you by refuting that. What I will say however, is that style over substance does not inherently make a movie bad. _300_ is a lot of fun, you get what’s going on, and there’s some genuine rewatch value.

  Final rating:★★★½ – I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.

• JPV852: Only the third time seeing this one, first time was in the theaters and then I think on DVD. Didn’t care a whole lot in either viewing. So with the 4K being released, decided enough time had passed to give it another shot and… it was okay, a bit too stylized for my taste (and yes I know that’s Snyder’s thing) and lacks the emotional impact Snyder was going for, but there are some bad ass moments, including just Gerard Butler’s overall performance, but didn’t really do much for me otherwise.

  Probably my least favorite of Snyder’s movies, though haven’t watched Sucker Punch in a long time. 3.0/5