300 Movie (2006) - Reviews

300 Movie (2006) -  Reviews

300 Movie (2006) - Reviews

Year	2007
Country	USA
Tagline	"Therefore, gain glory!"
Producer	Zack Snyder
Scenario	Zack Snyder , Kurt Dzhonstad , Michael Gordon , ...
Producer	Mark Canton , Bernie Goldmann , Gianni Nunnari , ...
Operator	Larry Fong
Composer	Tyler Bates
Artist	James D. Bissell , Isabelle Gyue , Nicolas Lepage , ...
Installation	William Hoy
genre	fantasy , thriller , war , ...the word
Budget	$ 65 million
Charges in the US	$ 210,614,939
Fees in the world	+ $ 245,453,242 = $ 456,068,181fees
Charges in Russia	$ 10,040,438
US DVD	$ 262,198,075
Audience	30.6 million,       2.99 million,       2.81 million, ...
Premiere (World)	December 9, 2006 , ...
Premier (RF)	March 22, 2007 , " Karo Prime »
release on Blu-Ray	December 23, 2008 , " Universal Pictures Rus ", ...
Release on DVD	June 15, 2009 , " Universal Pictures Rus ", ...
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MPAA rating
Time	117 min. / 1:57

• Events paintings tell of the bloody battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. e., where three hundred brave Spartans, led by their king Leonidas blocked the path of thousands of army of the Persian king Xerxes. 
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• In spite of the numerical superiority of the Persians, the Spartans continued stubborn defense, showing courage and bravery. Their courage and heroism have inspired all of Greece to unite against the unbeatable foe, fractures thereby move the Greco-Persian wars ...
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• According to the original idea was to declare the picture at the box office with a rating «PG-13." However, Zack Snyder was not prepared to put up with this turn of events and announced an ultimatum to the studio. WB had to agree with the wishes of the director to shoot a moving picture with «R» -Rating. As subsequent events showed, this step was justified by 100% - the picture has established several unique rolling achievements that are usually "dead" March is a great success.
• Filming lasted 60 days - almost all of the work on the material held against a blue background (90% of screen time) and green screens (10% of screen time) in the halls of Montreal. In addition, two days were spent in the outdoors shooting - filmed scenes involving horses.
• To the Spartan army is visually different from the Persian, the Spartans put the clothes bright, warm, "earth" tones, while the Persians when creating costumes used peacock colors, exotic green, blue and purple with a golden shimmer.
• To physically prepare actors to require return merciless fighting episodes, Snyder enlisted the support of two professionals with whom previously worked for many years: Mark Twight, the former world champion of rock climbing, which was to train the actors and stuntmen and monitor their physical form, and veteran coordinator for tricks Damon Caro , to which it was necessary to prepare them to scenes of battles.
• Elaborate costumes Xerxes, made ​​almost entirely of metal rather than the material, based on the illustrations taken from the graphic novel by Miller . Costume Design Xerxes invented Wilkinson , can rightly be considered the most difficult in the entire film. "His costume consists of eighteen different parts with jewelry, each of which went to dozens of African and Middle Eastern beads, beads and embroidered ornaments, plus twelve piercing punctures complement the image of this particular hero."
• Subsequently, a film crew spent two extra days in Los Angeles to re-shoot some scenes.
• In 1523 the film splicing assembly 1006 special effects. For comparison - in the " War of the Worlds " by Steven Spielberg about 500 visual effects were used.
• Post production painting took almost a year.
• During the work on the movie studios were involved in 10, specializing in the creation of visual effects.
• The script required that the majority of male actors were constantly facing the camera with naked torso to match the graphic novel by Frank Miller . For this reason, the main cast underwent rigorous physical training for 6 weeks before the start of filming.
• On the role of Queen Gorgo considered candidates Sienna Miller and  Silvia Colloca .
• For the first time the footage was shown in July 2006 at the annual comic show Comic-Con Convention in San Diego. Roller had to twist as much as three times - so stormy was the reaction of the audience in the hall.
• Frank Miller was inspired to write his comic view the film in 1962, " 300 Spartans ".
• In an interview with director Zack Snyder said that the tape does not claim to historical authenticity, and the main focus of the production of entertainment vested in the picture.
• The audience of the very first 90-second test video became Alan Horn and  Jeffery Robinov , executive producers Warner Bros. Studios Pictures. After viewing the green light was given to the project.
• The song that sounds in different versions of trailers, belongs to the group Nine Inch Nails , and has the following title «Just like you imagined». This is one of the tracks from their double album «The Fragile» 1999 release.
• In Greek Ephialtes represents a nightmare.
• The death toll includes 33 King Leonid Persians, a Persian ambassador and one wolf. However, this figure does not include the Persians, whose bodies Leonid used as a shield during battle scenes.
• The words "Sparta" and its derivatives are uttered 75 times.
• Son Zack Snyder has played the role of the young Leonid - during children's fight scenes.
• Attention! A further list of facts about the film contains spoilers. Be careful.
• The scene in the Senate, as well as the rape scene Queen Gorgo, was written specifically for the film. In addition, the graphic novel by Miller was much less of all kinds of monsters - the only monstrous creature in the entire series of comic books was Ephialtes.