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From the 1962 film The 300 Spartans: Stranger, when you find us lying here, go tell the Spartans we obeyed their orders. [160] From the 1977 film Go Tell the Spartans: Go tell the Spartans, passerby: That here, by Spartan law, we lie. Frank Miller (1998; subsequently used in the 2007 film, 300)
The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. 300 was filmed mostly with a superimposition chroma key technique to replicate the imagery of the original comics.
The only thing stopping the Persians was an army led by King Leonidas I and his 300 Spartans, considered by many to be the greatest soldiers the world has ever known. Vastly outnumbered, the Greek Spartans held up the Persians advance for three days, until they were overrun by Persian forces.
The 300 Spartans is a 1962 CinemaScope epic historical drama film [1] depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. It was directed by Rudolph Maté and stars Richard Egan , Ralph Richardson , David Farrar , Diane Baker and Barry Coe .
10th & Wolf (2006) – crime drama film based on a true story of a mob war in South Philadelphia [3] 300 (2006) – historical drama film depicting a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in the Greco-Persian Wars [4]
300: Rise of an Empire was released theatrically on March 7, 2014, by Warner Bros. Pictures. [8] [9] Like its predecessor, it received mixed reviews, with critics praising the action sequences, music, cinematography, visual effects and Green's performance but criticizing the story and overstylized gore. The film was a box-office success ...
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Gates of Fire is a 1998 historical fiction novel by Steven Pressfield that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae through Xeones, a perioikos [1] (free but non-citizen inhabitant of Sparta) born in Astakos, [2] and one of only three Greek survivors of the battle.