• 300 is a film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel with the same name. 300 opened to large audiences and massive media attention March 9, 2007. The film depicts a fictionalized version of the Battle of Thermophylae, where a vastly outnumbered group of Greeks managed to fend off the invading Persian Army. The film uses the same mythological exaggerations and imagery to recreate the original comic shot for shot.

• 1. Release Date: March 9, 2007
  2. Director: Zack Snyder
  3. Studio: Warner Brothers
  4. Gerard Butler is King Leonidas
  5. Lena Headey is Queen Gorgo
  6. Dominic West is Theron
  7. Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes
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• Reaction from Iran

  300's depiction of the Xerxes' ancient persian infantry as a murderous army of monsters drew sharp criticism from both historians and state officials in Iran. Iranian President publicly decried the film and the Iranian Academy of the Arts filed a formal complaint to UNESCO claiming the film attacked Persian heritage.

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