300 [dvd videorecording]

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Title:

300 [dvd videorecording]

Author:

Canton, Mark.

ISBN:

9781419818004

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Publication Information:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.

Special features: Audio commentary by director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong.

Contents:

Spartan education -- Messenger from Persia -- Sparta's reply -- The Ephors -- The Oracle -- What should a free man do? -- With or on your shield -- More soldiers than you -- Hunters of men's souls -- Glorious rain -- Fraction of the monster -- Wall of the dead -- Ephialtes' request -- Hot gates battle -- Today no Spartan dies -- Make Theron your ally -- Meeting Xerxes -- Immortals put to the test -- Über immortal's fall -- Numbers count for nothing -- Blood-drunk -- Betrayer's bargain -- Queen's bargain -- Prepare for glory -- Tell them our story -- Trickster in true form -- Victory in surrender -- Fallen heroes -- Go tell the Spartans.

Abstract:

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 an 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.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: R; graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity.

Personal Subject:

Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519-465 or 4 B.C.-Drama-DVDs.

Subject Term:

Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. -- Drama -- DVDs.

Tactics -- Drama -- DVDs.

Geographic Term:

Greece -- History -- Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C. -- Drama -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Canton, Mark.

Snyder, Zack, 1966-