300 [HD] DVD

300
Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping take on the historic Battle of Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy of Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan King Leonidas and Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo. The massive army of the Persian Empire is sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that dares stand in its path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering King Leonidas power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will of the all powerful Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), the strong-willed leader assembles a small army comprised of his empire's best fighters and marches off to battle. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, the loyal Queen Gorgo attempts to convince both the skeptical council and the devious Theron (Dominic West) to send more troops despite the fact that many view Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression. As Xerxes' fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist the Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of Greece to stand up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that would ultimately give birth to the modern concept of democracy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast Gerard Butler as King Leonidas Lena Headey as Gorgo Dominic West as Theron David Wenham as Dilios Vincent Regan as Captain Michael Fassbender as Stelios Tom Wisdom as Astinos Andrew Pleavin as Daxos Andrew Tiernan as Ephialtes Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes Giovani Antonio Cimmino as Pleistarchos Stephen McHattie as Loyalist Greg Kramer as Ephor #1 Alex Ivanovici as Ephor #2 Kelly Craig as Oracle Girl Eli Snyder as Leonidas @ 7/8 Yrs Tyler Neitzel as Leonidas @ 15 Yrs Tim Connolly as Leonidas' Father Marie-Julie Rivest as Leonidas' Mother Sébastian St Germain as Fighting Boy (12 Years Old) Peter Mensah as Messenger Arthur Holden as Partisan Michael Sinelnikoff as Elder Councilman John Dunn-Hill as Councilman Dennis St. John as Spartan Baby Inspector Neil Napier as Spartan With Stick Dylan Scott Smith as Sentry #1 Maurizio Terrazzano as Sentry #2 Robert Paradis as Spartan General Kwasi Songui as Persian Alexandra Beaton as Burned Village Child Frédéric Smith as Statesman Loucas Minchillo as Spartan Baby A Nicholas Minchillo as Spartan Baby B Tom Rack as Ephor #3 David J. Francis as Ephor #4 James Bradford as Ephor #5 Andrew Shaver as Free Greek-Potter Robin Wilcock as Free Geek-Sculptor Kent McQuaid as Free Greek-Blacksmith Marcel Jeannin as Free Greek-Baker Jere Gillis as Spartan General #2 Jeremy Thibodeau as Spartan Boy Tyrone Benskin as Persian Emissary Robert Maillet as Uber Immortal (Giant) Patrick Sabongui as Persian General Leon Laderach as Executioner David Lapommeray as Persian General Slaughtered Vervi Mauricio as Armless Concubine Charles Papasoff as Blacksmith Isabelle Champeau as Mother at Market Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz as Daughter at Market (3/5 Years Old) Maeva Nadon as Girl at Market David Thibodeau as Boy #1 at Market David Schaap as Potter Jean-Michel Pare as Other Council Guard Stuart Myiow as Persian General Andréanne Ross as Concubines Sara Giacalone as Concubines Ariadne Bourbonniere as Kissing Concubines Isabelle Fournel as Kissing Concubines Sandrine Mérette-Attiow as Contortionist Elisabeth Etienne as Dancers Danielle Hubbard as Dancers Ruan Vibegaard as Dancers Geneviéve Guilbault as Slave Girls Bonnie Mak as Slave Girls Amélie Sorel as Slave Girls Caroline Aspirot as Slave Girls Gina Gagnon as Slave Girls Tania Trudell as Slave Girls Stephanie Aubry as Slave Girls Mercedes Leggett as Slave Girls Stéphania Gambarova as Slave Girls Chanelle Lamothe as Slave Girls Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault as Slave Girls Manny Cortez Tuazon as Transexual (Asian) #1 Cindy as Transexual (Asian) #2 Atif Siddiqi as Transexual (Asian) #3 Camille Rizkallah as Giant With Arrow Trudi Hanley as Long Neck Woman Neon Cobran as Litter Bearer/Slave Gary A. Hecker as Ubermortal Vocals

Crew Jean-Pierre Paquet - Art Director Paul Hotte - Art Director Nicholas Lepage - Art Director Isabelle Guay - Supervising Art Director Wesley Coller - Associate Producer Silenn Thomas - Associate Producer Nathalie Peter-Contesse - Associate Producer Maxime Ferland - Boom Operator Carrie Hilton - Casting Andrea Kenyon - Casting Nadine Thouin - Choreography Josette Perrotta - Co-producer Steve Barnett - Co-producer Michael Wilkinson - Costume Designer Martin Walters - First Assistant Director Zack Snyder - Director Clay Staub - Second Unit Director William Hoy - Editor Deborah Snyder - Executive Producer Thomas Tull - Executive Producer Craig Flores - Executive Producer Benjamin Waisbren - Executive Producer William Fay - Executive Producer Frank Miller - Executive Producer Chad Stahelski - Fights Choreographer Damon Caro - Fights Choreographer Jean-Jacques Dion - Hair Styles Pierre Blondin - Location Manager Tyler Bates - Composer (Music Score) Christophe Giraud - Makeup Julie Mignot - Makeup Larysa Chernienko - Makeup Nathalie Trepanier - Makeup Annick Legout - Makeup Gillian Chandler - Makeup Creature Effects - Makeup Special Effects Mark Rappaport - Makeup Special Effects Shaun Smith - Makeup Special Effects Daniel Sauvé - Camera Operator Dominique Ricard - Camera Operator James D. Bissell - Production Designer Larry Fong - Cinematographer Stefan Sonnenfeld - Producer Jeffrey Silver - Producer Bernie Goldmann - Producer Mark Canton - Producer Gianni Nunnari - Producer Vincent Gingras-Liberali - Set Designer Celine Lampron - Set Designer Frédéric Amblard - Set Designer Guy Pigeon - Set Designer Alex Touikan - Set Designer Brent Lambert - Set Designer Bernard Guay - Special Effects Simon Marineau - Special Effects Mario Dumont - Special Effects Andre LaForest - Special Effects Francis Choquette - Special Effects Peter Ejopovic - Special Effects Jean-Martin Desmarais - Special Effects Michael Verson - Special Effects Michel Fortin - Special Effects Andre Essiembre - Special Effects Jacques Langlois - Special Effects Francois Dion - Special Effects André Laperriere - Special Effects Louis Pedneault - Special Effects David Loveday - Special Effects Erick Hebert - Special Effects Luc Therrien - Special Effects George Chartrand - Special Effects Stephane Dalpe - Special Effects Pierre Cote - Special Effects Stephen Gilbert - Special Effects Patrick Rousseau - Sound/Sound Designer Mike Dopud - Stunts Patrick Kerton - Stunts David Leitch - Stunts Todd Scott - Stunts Hubert Boorder - Stunts Clint Carleton - Stunts Scott Cosgrove - Stunts Max White - Stunts Tig Fong - Stunts Abdul Ayoola - Stunts Darren Michael McGuire - Stunts Neil Davison - Stunts Louis Paquette - Stunts Matthew Rugetti - Stunts Alex Cadieux - Stunts Ryan Watson - Stunts Christopher McGuire - Stunts Jean Frenette - Stunts Ian Lecompte - Stunts Dwayne Wiley - Stunts Tim Rigby - Stunts Tad Griffith - Stunts Bob Brown - Stunts Alexandre Prefontaine - Stunts Jean-Sebastien Côté - Stunts Cody Laudan - Stunts Christopher Mallet - Stunts Erland Campbell - Stunts Darren Rice - Stunts Larry "Warlock" Lam - Stunts Richard Cetrone - Stunts Guillermo Alejandro Grispo - Stunts Peter White - Stunts Don Lew - Stunts Darren Shahlavi - Stunts Jason Cavalier - Stunts William R. 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Gordon - Screenwriter Miroslaw Baszak - Second Unit Director Of Photography New Deal Studios Incorporated - Additional Cinematography François Daignault - Second Unit Camera Kirsty Millar - Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Watts - Visual Effects Supervisor Jon Mete - Sound Effects Editor Rick Hromadka - Sound Effects Editor Derek Vanderhorst - Sound Effects Editor Bradley North - Sound Effects Editor David I. 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Hecker - Supervising Sound Editor Andrew Fowler - Visual Effects Producer Gayle Busby - Visual Effects Producer Chad Malbon - Visual Effects Producer Laurence Lacoste - Costume/Wardrobe Jefferson Anderson - Costume/Wardrobe Helene Provost - Costume/Wardrobe Marie-France Pierre - Costume/Wardrobe Catherine Gélinas - Costume/Wardrobe Hélène Belanger - Costume/Wardrobe Valerie Levesque - Costume/Wardrobe Marie-Etienne Bessette - Costume/Wardrobe Jeff Rosen - ADR Editor Christine Bieselin - Assistant Costumer Designer Sarah Bourgeois - Assistant Sound Editor Shawn Roberts - Casting Assistant Tamara Lee Notcutt - Casting Associate Michel Brochu - Construction Coordinator Henri Aubertin - Costumes Supervisor Fred Stahly - Dialogue Editor Miguel Rivera - Dialogue Editor Richard Boucher - Dolly Grip Sylvain Labrecque - Dolly Grip Julie Breton - Extra Casting Joan Zulfer - First Assistant Accountant Melissa A. Remenarich - First Assistant Editor Michael Broomberg - Foley Artist Gary A. Hecker - Foley Artist Derek Pippert - Foley Editor Shawn Sykora - Foley Editor Roger Martin - Greensman Carl Rufh - Greensman Yan-Fredéric D'Amour - Greensman Martin Laneuville - Greensman Larkin MacLeod - Greensman Ray Legare - Greensman Rejean Forget - Key Hairstylist Jocelyne Bellemare - Key Make-up Mark Frazier - Personal Assistant Josh Levitan - Personal Assistant Barbara Arsenault - Personal Assistant Caroline Saunders - Personal Assistant Celeste Schipono-Coller - Personal Assistant Anjalika Mathur Nigam - Personal Assistant Philippe Gilbert - Personal Assistant David Hopwood - Personal Assistant Giulia Prenna - Personal Assistant Zach Mannon - Personal Assistant Anamarie Gonzaga - Production Accountant Caroline Beliveau - Second Assistant Camera Janel Furoy - Second Assistant Camera Ivan Peloquin - Second Assistant Camera Eric Aubin - Second Assistant Camera Agnieszka Kroskowska - Second Second Assistant Director John Bober - Transportation Captain Daniel Matthews - Transportation Coordinator Bonnie Kanner - Visual Effects Animal Logic Film - Visual Effects Austin Hiser - Visual Effects LOLA VFX - Visual Effects Scanline - Visual Effects Pixel Magic - Visual Effects Andrew Romine - Visual Effects Patrick Flanagan - Visual Effects Neal Sopata - Visual Effects David Behar - Visual Effects Raymond McIntyre Jr. - Visual Effects Brad Moylan - Visual Effects Ray Scalice - Visual Effects Gabriel Dedic - Visual Effects Roger Mocenigo - Visual Effects Screaming Death Monkey - Visual Effects Tyler Foell - Visual Effects Technicolor-Montreal - Visual Effects Miguel Ortega - Visual Effects Juan Carlos Vargas - Visual Effects Kevin Struckman - Visual Effects Stephan Trojansky - Visual Effects Sebastian Küchmeister - Visual Effects Ismat Zaidi - Visual Effects Ivo Klaus - Visual Effects Technicolor-Toronto - Visual Effects Stephen Mitchell - Visual Effects Evan Clarke James - Visual Effects Karl Rogovin - Visual Effects Chris Wells - Visual Effects Shige Tomotoshi - Visual Effects Erik Algren - Visual Effects Chris Radcliffe - Visual Effects Tony Meagher - Visual Effects Brian Conlon - Visual Effects Daisuke Morita - Visual Effects Chris Payne - Visual Effects Bill Kunin - Visual Effects Buzz Image Group - Visual Effects Josh Kent - Visual Effects Laura Sevilla - Visual Effects Hy*drau"lx - Visual Effects Raphael Mosley - Visual Effects Colin Strause - Visual Effects Danielle Plantec - Visual Effects Yoshiya Yamada - Visual Effects Greg Strause - Visual Effects Joshua Cordes - Visual Effects Rasha Shalaby - Visual Effects Lubo Hristov - Visual Effects At The Post - Visual Effects Zach Judson - Visual Effects Philippe Lord - Set Decorator Daniel Hamelin - Set Decorator Lynn Varley - Book Author Frank Miller - Book Author Jeffrey Silver - Book Author Zack Davis - ADR Supervisor Sylvain Chaput - Craft Service/Catering Crew Call - Craft Service/Catering Brad Brock - Foley Mixer Brian Ruberg - Foley Mixer Kyle Rochlin - Foley Mixer Mark Pappas - Foley Supervisor Josianne Mailloux - Production Secretary Caroline Lalande - Production Secretary Melanie Bergeron - Set Medic/First Aid Jesabelle Boileau - Third Assistant Director Martin Doepner - Third Assistant Director Carl Kouri - Third Assistant Director Holly Brace Lavoie - Third Assistant Director George McCarthy - Visual Effects Editor yU & Company - Title Design Gaetan Marsolaid - Art Department Coordinator Hélène Lamarre - Art Department Coordinator Antoine Saito - Assistant Editor Alejandro Valdes-Rochin - Assistant Editor Nathan Gunn - Assistant Editor Elizabeth Ross - Assistant Editor Audrey Anzures - Department Head Hair Scott Wheeler - Department Head Makeup Nancy Helms - Dialect Coach Susan Weeks - Visual Effects Compositor Mark Robben - Visual Effects Compositor Eric Vidal - Painter (digital) Tom Bardwell - Painter (digital) Julia Egerton - Painter (digital) Vuaghn Arnup - Painter (digital) Tristan North - Painter (digital) Jason Williams - Painter (digital) Paul Braddock - Painter (digital) David Hansen - Painter (digital) Lindsay Adams - Painter (digital) Tony Cole - Painter (digital) Craig Rowe - Painter (digital) Clinton Downs - Painter (digital) David Hyde - Painter (digital) Sotiris Bakosis - Painter (digital) Nick Lines - Painter (digital) Jennifer Herbert - Painter (digital) Edmond Englebrecht - Painter (digital) Kevin Blom - Painter (digital) Adam Teale - Painter (digital) Ian Watson - Painter (digital) Jason Hawkins - Painter Geneviève Lussier - Assistant Unit Manager Serge Lavigueur - Armorer

300
The world of swords and sandals is pumped up to the extreme with 300, a testosterone-tinged tale that's been operatically translated from the page to the screen for the action-hungry masses by director Zack Snyder. Adapting Frank Miller's comic series must not have been easy. First and foremost, the books were pure eye candy. Printed in full horizontal splash pages brought to breathtaking life by Lynn Varley's brush strokes, each issue demanded your eye time first, then paid it off with Miller's typical tough prose later. That same dialogue figures prominently in the film -- in fact, much of the screen and page line up wondrously, even if it does include its bit of deviations. The extra bits of action are welcomed -- armored rhinos are a nice touch, as is the giant chained Persian that's unleashed on the Spartans. However, the added subplot involving the queen has raised a few eyebrows, if only because of the questionable pro-rightwing politics it contains. Snyder himself has shrugged off much of this criticism, although even he cannot deny that this is one of the lone Hollywood products of its time to align itself to such a troubled administration. Some moviegoers might also feel a bit uninvolved in the action simply because the tale is as direct as it is. With little context for most of the characters, the whole thing runs the chance of simply being a song-and-dance number made up of quick-to-slow shots of steel, blood, and open-throated yelling. But really, there's not much wrong with that, just as long as that's something the ticket holders are craving. Stodgy critics have compared it to videogame filmmaking, but it's far better to view it as a stylish exercise in how to bring Miller's work to the big screen in a way that's never been seen before -- just as Robert Rodriguez did with Sin City. In that way, Snyder has achieved what he set out to do. Now it's time for him to apply the skills learned here on something that will ignite the same kind of fire in audiences that Leonidas instilled in his troops. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
 

James D. Bissell: Art Directors Guild, Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film (nominated)

Golden Satellite Award, Best Picture - Animated or Mixed Media (nominated) Phoenix Film Critics, Best Visual Effects (winner) St. Louis Gateway Film Critics, Best Visual Effects (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 116 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1, Side A -- 300 - Standard DVD Version 1. Spartan Education [5:15] 2. Messenger From Persia [5:06] 3. Sparta's Reply [2:53] 4. The Ephors [3:35] 5. The Oracle [2:52] 6. What Should a Free Man Do? [2:43] 7. With or on Your Shield [4:35] 8. More Soldiers Than You [2:12] 9. Hunters of Men's Souls [4:01] 10. Glorious Rain [1:48] 11. Fraction of the Monster [2:42] 12. Wall of the Dead [2:56] 13. Ephialtes' Request [3:23] 14. Hot Gates Battle [5:06] 15. Today No Spartan Dies [3:28] 16. Make Theron Your Ally [2:47] 17. Meeting Xerxes [1:32] 18. Immortals Put to the Test [4:34] 19. Über Immortal's Fall [3:39] 20. Numbers Count for Nothing [3:22] 21. Blood-Drunk [4:00] 22. Betrayer's Bargain [3:07] 23. Queen's Bargain [2:47] 24. Prepare for Glory [3:42] 25. Tell Them Our Story [4:20] 26. Trickster in True Form [2:29] 27. Victory in Surrender [4:47] 28. Fallen Heroes [4:55] 29. Go Tell the Spartans [4:31] 30. End Credits [5:36]