2. Movie Brief
Director Zack Snyder
Producer Gianni Nunnari
Mark Canton
Bernie Goldmann
Jeffrey Silver
Based upon
Novel
300 by Frank Miller
Narrated by David Wenham
Music by Tyler Bates
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date March 9, 2007 (US)
Running Time 117 Minutes
Country United States
3. Starring
King Leonidas
(Gerard Butler)
King Xerxes
(Rodrigo Santoro)
Queen Gorgo
(Lena Headey)
Ephialtes
Traitor
Andrew Tiernan
Dilios
Narrator
(David Wenham)
Theron
Corrupt Politician
(Dominic West )
Astinos
Sparta Soldier
(Tom Wisdom)
4. Main Theme
• Courage
– Never be a Coward , even if you die, die with Glory
• Leadership
– Lead by Example not by words only
• Price of Freedom
– Some times price of freedom is life, Free nation
gave it for their offspring's
5. 300The Overview
• 300 is a 2006 American action film. It is a fictionalized
retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae.
• Sparta is a city in the southern Peloponnese in Greece,
capital of Laconia; pop. 13,000. It was a powerful city-state
in the 5th century bc.
• The plot revolves around King Leonidas , who leads
300 Spartans into battle against Persian "god-
King" Xerxes and his army of more than one million
soldiers.
• As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo attempts to gain support
in Sparta for her husband.
• The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the
Spartan soldier.
6. • Through this narrative technique, various
fantastical creatures are introduced,
placing 300 within the category of historical
fantasy.
• 300 was released in in the United States on
March 9, 2007
• The film's opening was the 24th largest in box
office history
• 300 has proved to be a mile stone in the
Hollywood industry
7. Budget of the Movie
Original Budget was
$60 million
Total Budget of the Movie was
$65 million
Box office earnings
$456 million
15. Years later, a Persian messenger arrives at the gates of
Sparta, demanding the submission of Sparta to King Xerxes.
They Brutally demanded the EARTH & WATER of the Sparta,
else they will be destroyed and enslaved
16. Messenger of the Persian King Threatened the Spartans
, if they don’t Submit to King , they will be Destroyed.
Spartans will cease to Exist any more
17. In response to this demand, Leonidas kicks the
messenger into a large well. Knowing this will
prompt a Persian attack
18. Leonidas visits the priests whose
blessing he needs before the
Spartan council will authorize
going to war.
The priest consult the Oracle
(Lord), who denies, that Sparta
must not go to war during their
religious festival Carnea.
As Leonidas departs, two agents
of Xerxes appear—one of them,
Theron, a Spartan—who bribe
the Ephors with concubines and
money.
19. Leonidas follows his plan
anyway, setting out with
only 300 soldiers, whom
he calls his personal
guards to avoid needing
the council's permission.
On the way to
Thermopylae, Arcadians
join the Spartans.
20. At Thermopylae they
construct a wall to contain
the approaching Persians. As
construction goes on,
Leonidas meets Ephialtes, a
hunchbacked Spartan in exile
Ephialtes asks to join the
fight; Ephialtes was not
strong enough: this would
compromise the Spartans‘
strength
21. Before the battle, the Persian Captain
demands that the Spartans lay down
their weapons.
Xerxes personally meets with
Leonidas, offering him wealth and
power in exchange for his loyalty and
surrender.
Leonidas declines, and Xerxes sends
his elite guard, the tough Immortals, to
attack.
Xerxes then sends a number of striking
weapons at the Spartans, including
black powder bombs and war
elephants, but all of these attacks fail.
22. On the other side Angered by
Leonidas's rejection, Ephialtes
defects to the Persians and
informs them of the secret
path.
Though reluctant to leave his
brothers behind, Dilios leaves
with the Arcadians.
Queen Gorgo kill him in a fit
of anger. Spilling Persian coins
from his robe, revealing his
role as traitor, and the Council
agrees to unite against Persia.
23. At Thermopylae, the Persians
use the goat path to attack
from behind the Spartans.
Leonidas seemingly bows in
submission, allowing Soldiers
to leap over him and kill the
general instead.
Leonidas rises and throws his
spear at Xerxes, cutting the
King on the cheek, thus
fulfilling an earlier promise to
"make the God-King bleed".
Xerxes attacks as a massive
bombardment of arrows that
kills all the Spartans.
Spartans died with honor but
did not surrender to the Cruel
King
24. Concluding his tale, Dilios relates
how the Persian army has
suffered running away, out of
fear and the heavy casualties
they suffered at the hands of a
mere 300 Spartans.
Now, the Persians face 10,000
Spartans leading 30,000 free
Greeks.
Dilios declares that the Greeks
shall be victorious and praises
the sacrifice of the 300.
He then leads the Greeks in a
charge against the Persian army
at the Battle of Plataea, the
battle that would end Persia's
invasion of Greece.
25. Critical Review
• This movie has few controversial depiction of ancient
Persians.
• Since the production of movie used a lot of computer
graphics, which shows that movie is computer based
and artificial work.
• It’s a Violent movie, not suitable for below 18 audience
• It’s given a rating of 6 /10 by many critiques but this
movie managed to earn Best Dramatic /action movie
award in 2006-2007
• Historical accuracy has many controversies for showing
Spartans as the sole power and Persians as Monsters
but still weak
26. Moral & Messages from 300
1. Know your surroundings and choose the battleground that most
suits your strengths
2. A handful of well trained soldiers can outperform thousand of
weak ones
3. A few good friends are better than an army of associates.
4. Keep your skillset sharp, cause you never know when you might
have to defend yourself
5. Never Retreat, Never Surrender
6. Constantly adapt to your changing situation, it's the only way to
survive
7. Never be satisfied with your past accomplishments, it might just
get you kicked down
8. Even if you ugly ,misshapen monster, the right networking can get
your riches. (Reference to Traitor’s role)
