Meet the Spartans is a 2008 comedy film that parodies popular movies such as 300, Meet The Parents, Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek.
Plot Summary
Meet the Spartans, similar to 300, follows Leonidas from his birth to the time in which he leads an army of Spartans into battle against the Persians at Thermopylae. The storyline is peppered with numerous pop culture parodies including the Transformers, Deal or No Deal, Rick rolls and Britney Spears.
Cast
- Sean Maguire as Leonidas
- Carmen Electra as Queen Margo
- Ken Davitian as Xerxes
- Kevin Sorbo as Captain
- Method Man as Persian Emissary
- Nicole Parker as Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Ellen DeGeneres and Paula Abdul
Meet the Spartans Recent Updates
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- Variety: 'Rambo' defeated by 'Spartans' (January 27, 2008)
- Newsday.com: Meet the Spartans (January 28, 2008)
- USATODAY.com: Spartans gets last laugh over Rambo, Cloverfield (January 27, 2008)
- "It was a good weekend for 20th Century Fox. The studio's Meet the Spartans opened at No. 1 with an estimated gross of $18.7 million."