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The 300 Spartans
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Genre | Special Interests |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Anamorphic, Widescreen |
Contributor | Donald Houston, Robert Brown, Diane Baker, Kieron Moore, David Farrar, Anne Wakefield, Barry Coe, Rudolph Mat, Richard Egan, John Crawford, Ugo Liberatore, Ralph Richardson, Gian Paolo Callegari, Anna Synodinou, Remigio Del Grosso, Laurence Naismith, George St. George, Giovanni d'Eramo See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 1 hour and 48 minutes |
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Xerxes of Persia invades Greece with his army; Leonidas of Sparta fights back at Thermopylae.
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The futile yet inspiring stand of 300 Greek soldiers against the hugest army ever assembled in the ancient world inspired this typical example of Hollywood epic movie-making. King Leonidas of Sparta (Richard Egan, Demetrius and the Gladiators), prevented by political squabbling from sending his entire army to defend the narrow pass of Thermopylae, sets out with his personal bodyguard to fight off the ambitious Persian king, Xerxes. Along the way are a pair of young lovers, scantily clad dancing girls, and treachery though a secret mountain path. The 300 Spartans, made in 1961, has an overstated cold war subtext--there's much talk of freedom vs. slavery--and there are a few too many shots of armored men marching through the Greek countryside, but the historical conflict has a fundamentally stirring quality. Also featuring Sir Ralph Richardson (Dr. Zhivago, Dragonslayer) as a wily Athenian politician. --Bret Fetzer
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.56 ounces
- Item model number : 2218327
- Director : Rudolph Mat
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Anamorphic, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 48 minutes
- Release date : February 25, 2014
- Actors : Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B0001NBMDK
- Writers : George St. George, Gian Paolo Callegari, Giovanni d'Eramo, Remigio Del Grosso, Ugo Liberatore
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #37,469 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #935 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
- #3,754 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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Granted the acting in this film from director Rudolph Maté is wooden, on a par with the Trojan Horse and the ships that turned out to the wooden walls of Athens that defeated Xerxes at Salamis. But there is still something substantial to the battle sequences, as when Xerxes sends his Immortals against the Spartans and when the Spartans make a final valiant charge to kill the Persian monarch. The basic political history of the times is covered in the film; Greece was debating whether or not to send soldiers that far north to stop the invaders and the Spartans decided not to send troops until a religious festival was over. Consequently, King Leonidas (Richard Eagan) left with his personal bodyguard of 300 soldiers. There is a trivial romantic subplot involving a young Spartan soldier and the girl he tried to leave behind, as well as an exiled Spartan King, Demaratus (Ivan Triesault) who tries to educate Xerxes (David Farrar) about the worth of these 300 soldiers. In the end, the Spartans are betrayed by a Greek traitor who tells the Persians of a pass through the mountains where they can attack from the rear. Leonidas learns of the treachery in time to evacuate the rest of the Greek army, but the Spartans will never retreat.
This was one of the last films directed by Maté, a respected cinematographer ("Pride of the Yankees," "Lady From Shanghai") who directed movies as different as "D.O.A." and "When Worlds Collide." The battle sequences are the best part of "The 300 Spartans," making excellent cinematic use of the contrast between the Spartans in their gold armor and red cloaks versus the black draped Persians with their wicker armor. Eagan does not do much with the role of Leonidas, but he certainly gives the character the requisite sense of honor and nobility. But perhaps the most memorable part of this film, which is one of the most cherished from my youth, is the marching music of the Spartans written by Manos Hadjidakis. Clearly I am not alone in that regard. "The 300 Spartans" is not a great film, but it has its moments and the tale is worth the telling. Recently Frank Miller ("Batman: The Dark Night") did his own graphic novel version of this story, which may well inspire Hollywood to remake this film. It is certainly a tale worth telling again.
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300 Greek soldiers against an overwhelming Persian army in the battle of Thermopylae. Lots of action, glad I bought.
I saw this as a student, and was blolwn away. I saw it again the next night, entranced: this was history brought alive, the stuff from my Greek texts translated into living people and events.To me it was truly inspirational, and encouraged me greatly in the slog of ancient history and classical languages. Sparta to modern eyes may appear as a fascist state devoted to war and brutal training: but the qualities of manliness, heroism, and honour enshrined in the nation's vision of itself and perpetuated in legend shine through this 1962 interpretation.
Richard Egan is rather Hollywood as King Leonidas, but this lantern-jawed hulk pulls it off as purely and simply a macho Spartan warrior, devoted to the cult of "come home with your shield, or dead upon it". Ralph Richardson makes a fine Themistocles, the author of the Greeks' ultimate victory over Persia at the Battle of Salamis. A number of the lines are directly traken from the Greek historians, adding authenticity. And I love the marching music of the 300 advance guard as they head for the pass of Thermopylae, where, with a few thousand from other Greek states, they held out for three days against a massive Persian force while awaiting reinforcements. Betrayed by their own countrymen who refuse to send their main army, and by a traitor named Ephialtes, the Spartans finally fall under a deluge of arrows, a heartbreaking and unforgettable scene at the end of the movie. Leonidas had dismissed the surviving allies present, and he and his Spartans took on the final battle alone, keeping their word till the last.
The poet Simonides wrote a stirring epitaph on the 300:
Go, tell the Spartans, thou that passeth by,
That here, obedient to their word, we lie