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*Washington Post's critic Stephen Hunter considers the film "too cartoonish to be taken seriously". He criticized the action as being "all showy and stylized, never quite realistic". Hunter added: "It's kind of a ghastly hoot, and while I suppose it does no harm, it also contributes nothing. It's a guilty unpleasantness."<ref>[http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/03/10/a-e/today/b77b635d7703189f8525729a000e0c0a.txt '300' is too cartoonish to be taken seriously]</ref>
*Washington Post's critic Stephen Hunter considers the film "too cartoonish to be taken seriously". He criticized the action as being "all showy and stylized, never quite realistic". Hunter added: "It's kind of a ghastly hoot, and while I suppose it does no harm, it also contributes nothing. It's a guilty unpleasantness."<ref>[http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/03/10/a-e/today/b77b635d7703189f8525729a000e0c0a.txt '300' is too cartoonish to be taken seriously]</ref>


==Historical accuracy==
===Historical accuracy===
The film's director Zack Snyder has claimed that "The events are 90 percent accurate. It's just in the visualization that it's crazy. A lot of people are like, "You're debauching history!" I'm like, "Have you read it?" I've shown this movie to world-class historians who have said it's amazing. They can't believe it's as accurate as it is."[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554534/20070313/story.jhtml]
The film's director Zack Snyder has claimed that "The events are 90 percent accurate. It's just in the visualization that it's crazy. A lot of people are like, "You're debauching history!" I'm like, "Have you read it?" I've shown this movie to world-class historians who have said it's amazing. They can't believe it's as accurate as it is."[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554534/20070313/story.jhtml]


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For the video game based on the film, see 300: March to Glory.
For the graphic novel on which the film is based, see 300 (graphic novel).
300
File:300Poster.jpg
Directed byZack Snyder
Written byScreenplay:
Zack Snyder
Kurt Johnstad
Comic Book:
Frank Miller
Produced byGianni Nunnari
Mark Canton
Bernie Goldmann
Jeffrey Silver
StarringGerard Butler
Lena Headey
David Wenham
Dominic West
Rodrigo Santoro
Andrew Tiernan
CinematographyLarry Fong
Edited byWilliam Hoy
Music byTyler Bates
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
Greece March 8, 2007
United States March 9, 2007
Australia March 22, 2007
United Kingdom March 23, 2007
Running time
117 mins.
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65 million

300 is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller about the Battle of Thermopylae. The film is directed by Zack Snyder with Frank Miller attached as an executive producer and consultant, and was shot mostly with bluescreen to duplicate the imagery of the original comic book work.

Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fight to the last man against Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his enormous army of more than one million soldiers. Facing insurmountable odds, the Spartans' sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against the Persian invaders. The story is loosely based on the Battle of Thermopylae which took place in 480 BC, although there are many deviations from historical fact and a narration by Dilios (David Wenham) gives the film a historical fantasy feel. At Sparta, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support for her husband.

It was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters in America on March 9, 2007.[1] The film became a box office record-breaker, although critics were divided over the film's look and style. Some acclaimed it as the next level of filmmaking while others accused it of favoring visuals over characterization.

Plot

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At a campfire, Dilios, a Spartan soldier, retells the events of King Leonidas' life - from his birth, his trials during the agoge, and finally his coronation. A Persian messenger and his escorts arrive at Sparta, demanding tribute and submission to King Xerxes. Outraged and offended, the king kicks the messenger and his escorts down into a pit, and resolves to go to war. He visits the Oracle, introducing his battle plan and offering gold to the grotesque priests, as per custom. They consult the Oracle, and the priest interprets her to say that Sparta should not march against Persia, as it would interrupt the Karneia, a sacred festival. Leonidas angrily departs. It is revealed that an emissary of Xerxes had previously bribed the priests.

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Leonidas bids his family farewell

Nevertheless, Leonidas gathers 300 of his best soldiers in a field outside of the city, ostensibly going for a "walk" with his "personal bodyguards." The Spartan warriors march to stop the Persian advance, building a wall to block any route past a set of narrow cliffs called Thermopylae, or the "Hot Gates," where they plan to block the Persians. On their way, they meet a group of Arcadians and other Greeks, who had heard of Leonidas' quest and wish to join him. Leonidas allows their alliance.

The Spartans see a vast Persian army preparing for battle not far from the pass. Using the phalanx formation, the Spartans fight off at least three waves of Persian attackers, including an elite group of Persian soldiers called the Immortals. Thus the 300 are successful in defending their position for a number of days, suffering few losses. Impressed by the Spartans, Xerxes approaches Leonidas directly and proposes that if Leonidas surrenders, Xerxes will grant him wealth and power. The Spartan king declines, saying that he will instead make the "God King" bleed. Enraged, Xerxes promises that Leonidas will soon meet his demise.

Shortly after, a hunchbacked, deformed Spartan named Ephialtes approaches Leonidas. His father and mother had left Sparta after preventing his death as an infant, and he asks Leonidas that he be able to redeem his father's name in battle. As part of his offer, he warns Leonidas about a goat path the Persians may be able to use to surround the Spartans. Leonidas turns the man away, explaining that his inability to hold a shield properly would create a weak spot in the Spartan phalanx formation. Thoroughly devastated, Ephialtes enters Xerxes' camp where he is offered a life of luxury in exchange for his defection. He then leads the Persians through the path.

Meanwhile, back at home, Queen Gorgo attempts to convince the Spartan council to send troops to help Leonidas. One councilman tells Gorgo that she must convince Theron to help her. Gorgo invites Theron to her home, where she asks for his help in swaying the council. He agrees, but demands that she sleeps with him in return. Thinking of her husband and the other soldiers, she reluctantly agrees. Before having his way with her, Theron tells the queen that their encounter "will not end soon" and that she "will not enjoy it" as he is not her king.

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Arrows blot out the sun

Upon realizing that Ephialtes has betrayed them, and with the Arcadians deciding to retreat rather than face annihilation, Leonidas asks Dilios, who has lost one of his eyes in an attack, to use his gift of speech to relay a simple request to the Spartan people — to remember the 300 and tell their story. Following orders, Dilios retreats along with the Arcadians, and is the only one to look back.

The next day, Queen Gorgo appears in front of the council stating that she comes not on behalf of Leonidas, but on behalf of the 300 families that bleed fighting for Sparta. Theron rejects Gorgo's plea, stating that she is an adulteress. The Queen, enraged at Theron's trickery, attempts to charge him, but is held back by others. When they loosen their grasp on her, she draws one of their swords and stabs Theron. As he dies, she whispers to him that his death will not be gentle, and it will not be quick, for she is not his Queen. When Gorgo withdraws the sword and Theron falls, Persian coins fall from Theron's purse. Theron is shown to be a traitor, and the Council unites in support of Leonidas and Gorgo.

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Leonidas makes his last stand

Early the next morning, the 300 are surrounded by the Persians on all sides. Xerxes sends a messenger to again ask for Leonidas' surrender, offering power, wealth, and the Spartan lands, saying that Leonidas may keep his title as King of Sparta and become warlord of all Greece, bowing only to King Xerxes. In defiance, Leonidas throws his spear at Xerxes, but presumably misses, and only cuts the Persian's cheek. Although he does not kill Xerxes, Leonidas proves that the "God King" can indeed bleed. Xerxes is shaken by the reminder of his own mortality and quickly signals for archers to fire. Leonidas is the last Spartan still alive, and is finally killed in a hail of arrows.

Dilios returns to Sparta, and proceeds to speak in front of the council, telling them of the brave 300. Finishing the campfire story on the battlefield, his audience rapt with attention, he states that the Persian army must be quaking with fear, for they remember how difficult it was to fight only 300 Spartans, and that they now face 10,000 Spartans as well as 30,000 Greeks from the other city-states. The Greek army then fights the Persian army, beginning the Battle of Plataea.

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Cast

In August 2005, Gerard Butler was cast to portray King Leonidas.[2] On September 26, 2005, a casting call was issued for the role of Pleistarchos, younger portrayals of Leonidas, as well as a Persian messenger.[3] Three days later, a second casting call went out for the role of the Oracle Girl, a slave to the Ephors.[4]

In October 2005 Lena Headey was announced to join the cast as Gorgo, Leonidas' wife. Actors David Wenham, Dominic West, Rodrigo Santoro, and Vincent Reagan were also announced to join the cast.[5] Santoro was familiar with the graphic novel before ever auditioning.[6]

Production

Producer Gianni Nunnari had a passion for the Battle of Thermopylae since he was a child yet the story was already in development under director Michael Mann as Gates of Fire. He discovered Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 and felt that the film should be made the same way[7] and negotiated with Miller.[8] By May 2003, the project was being produced by Nunnari and Mark Canton, whilst Michael B. Gordon had completed a second draft of 300 that was 121 pages long.[9] In June 2004, director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) was hired to direct the film.[10] Snyder had tried to make the film before Dawn of the Dead,[11] and worked with screenwriter Kurt Johnstad to rewrite Gordon's script for production.[10] Frank Miller, the author of 300, was also attached to the project as executive producer and consultant.[12]

The film is a shot-for-shot adaptation of the comic book, similar to the film adaptation of Sin City.[2] Snyder said that he had photocopied panels from Frank Miller's comic book and worked to plan out the shots that would lead up to the moment and the shots to get out of it after. "It was a fun process for me to kind of have to go, to have a goal, to have a frame as a goal to get to," said Snyder. The director also worked to craft the film style to be similar to the comic book.[13] Numerous images and pieces of dialogue are taken frame for frame from Miller.[14] One exception to the direct adaptation was using the character Dilios to narrate the story. Dilios was used by Snyder to show the audience that the surreal "Frank Miller world" of 300 was through the perspective of Dilios taking artistic license in his storytelling about the Battle of Thermopylae.[15] It should also be noted that Dilios is a fictional character based upon Aristodemus of Sparta. Snyder also added the sub plot of Queen Gorgo trying to rally support for her husband.[16]

The film spent two months of pre-production in creating 125 shields, 250 spears and 75 swords, although some were recycled from Troy and Alexander. An animatronic wolf and 13 animatronic horses were also created. The actors trained alongside the stuntmen, and even Snyder joined in. 600-700 costumes were created for the film, as well as extensive prosthetics for various characters and the corpses of Persian soldiers.[17]

Above: A scene during filming. Below: The finished scene.

300 entered active production on October 17, 2005 in Montreal,[18] and was shot over 60 days[17] in chronological order.[16] Warner Bros. provided a budget of $60 million to back the 300 project.[19] The director employed the digital backlot technique for the film, which was shot at the now-defunct Icestorm Studios in Montreal using bluescreens. Gerard Butler said that he didn't feel constrained as an actor by Snyder's direction of the film, however saying, "If you are performing in a way that's trying to be so truthful to the comic, then, of course, there are certain freedoms that are limited to the way that you perform." David Wenham said there were times where Snyder wanted to capture iconic moments from the comic book specifically and times where the director gave actors "absolute freedom and liberty to explore within the world and the confines that had been set".[20] Lena Headey said of her experience with the bluescreens, "You can't sort of relate to any world, so it's very odd, and emotionally, there's nothing to connect to apart from another actor."[21] The only scene shot outdoors is a shot of horses travelling across the countryside.[22] The film was an intensely physical production, and Butler pulled an arm tendon and gained a foot drop.[23]

In post-production Snyder enlisted the assistance of Montreal's Hybrid Studioas and other vendors in Los Angeles and Australia to work the more than 1500 visual effects shots to fill in the film footage of bluescreens and near-empty film sets. Chris Watts and Jim Bissell created a process dubbed "The Crush".[17] It allowed the team of 70 Meteor artists to manipulate the colors in 300 by increasing the contrast of light and dark, and certain film sequences were desaturated and tinted to establish different moods for the scenes. Ghislain St-Pierre, Meteor's GM, described the look, "Everything looks realistic, but it has a kind of a gritty illustrative feel." The filtering meant props were painted differently on set due to the eventual process.[17] The team worked on creating visual effects shots for scenes including a battle between Spartans and Immortals (elite Persian soldiers) and an expansion of the city of Sparta.[24] The programs Maya, RenderMan and RealFlow were used to create the blood, and Piedmont contributed to 45 minutes of the film, including the wolf and the Persian army.[25] Overall, the year long post-production was handled by a total of ten special effects companies.[26]

In August 2006, Warner Bros. announced that 300 would be released on March 16, 2007.[27] In October 2006, Warner Bros. moved the release date to March 9, 2007, a week earlier.[28] The MPAA issued an R rating for 300 for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity.[29]

Soundtrack

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Special Edition soundtrack cover

In July 2005, composer Tyler Bates had begun work on the film, describing the score as having "beautiful themes on the top and large choir", but "tempered with some extreme heaviness". The composer had scored for a test shot that the director wanted to show to Warner Bros. to illustrate the path of the project. Bates said that the score had "a lot of weight and intensity in the low end of the percussion" that Snyder found agreeable to the film.[30] The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the vocals of Azam Ali.[31] A standard edition and a special edition of the soundtrack containing 25 tracks was released on March 6, 2007, with the special edition containing a 16-page booklet and three two-sided trading cards.[32]

Marketing

The official site for 300 was launched by Warner Bros. in December 2005. The Conceptual art work and Zack Snyder's production blog were the initial major attractions of the launch.[33] Later on the website added video journals that covered a range of production details from comic-to-screen shots to creatures of 300.

At Comic-Con International 2006 in July, the 300 panel showed a preview of the film. Afterward, a Q&A session was held with panelists Zack Snyder, Frank Miller, Gerard Butler, and David Wenham. Due to the audience's positive reception of the 300 preview, the footage was shown twice more before the conclusion of the panel.[34]

The the promo trailer for 300, shown at Comic-Con International 2006 on September 20, 2006 was leaked onto the Internet.[35] Warner Bros. released the official trailer for 300 on October 4 2006, .[28] The background music used in the trailers was "Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails. A second 300 trailer was attached to Apocalypto, which was released on December 8 2006.[36] The trailer was released online the day before.[37] On January 22, 2007, an exclusive trailer for the film was broadcast during prime time television.[38]

In April 2006, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced its intention to make 300: March to Glory, a PlayStation Portable game based on the film 300. Collision Studios is working with Warner Bros. to capture the style of the film in the video game. 300: March to Glory will be released simultaneously with the film in March 2007.[39]

The National Entertainment Collectibles Association is producing a series of action figures based on the film, including the characters King Leonidas, an Immortal warrior, Queen Gorgo, and Ephialtes, to be released in the winter of '06-'07.[40] In addition to the figures, NECA is producing prop replicas based on the film, including an Immortal mask, dual Immortal swords, a Spartan sword, and a Spartan helm.[41]

Warner Bros. Pictures plans to promote 300 in a unique sponsorship of Ultimate Fighting Championship's light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell beginning with a match on December 30, 2006. Liddell will also make personal appearances as well as participate in other promotions of the film up to its release.[42]

In January 2007, the studio launched a MySpace page for the film.[43] As promotion for the movie, MySpace users were given the opportunity to upload 300 pictures to their profile.

At WonderCon on March 2, 2007, a special screening of 300 was available to be seen by convention attendees.[44]

On March 4 2007, it was announced that the National Hockey League and Warner Bros. would be partnering to make a 30-second TV spot[1] to promote the film as well as the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. The commercial uses a combination of teaser footage from the film, and recordings of several notable NHL players, and will be broadcast on NBC, Versus, TSN, as well as at games.[45]

The Art Institutes launched a micro-site to promote the film and a Q&A session with Frank Miller and Zack Snyder. The micro-site was marketed to over 200,000 Art Institute students and prospective students.[46]

Reporters have lauded Warner Brother's brilliant marketing campaign which began generating excitement last fall when the first trailers debuted.[47] Gitesh Pandya of Boxofficeguru.com stated that, "The studio should send a case of Cristal to the team that cut the trailers as they certainly ignited the spark leading to the fever-pitched anticipation."[48]

Reception

Box office

Released in both conventional theaters and IMAX theaters, 300 made $28,106,731 on its opening day and ended its North American opening weekend with $70,885,301, breaking the record held by Ice Age: The Meltdown for the biggest opening weekend for the month of March.[49] The tally included a potent $3.4M from 62 higher-priced Imax venues ($54,839 average) marking a new opening weekend record for the large-screen format.[50] 300's opening weekend gross was the 19th best in box office history, coming slightly below The Lost World: Jurassic Park but higher than The Incredibles.[51] The film also set a record in IMAX cinemas for a $3.6 million opening weekend.[52]

It is also the third biggest opening for a R-rated film ever, behind The Matrix Reloaded ($91.8 million) and The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million).[53] Studio executives were surprised by the showing, which was twice what they had expected.[54]

They credit the movie's stylized violence, strong female role of Queen Gorgo which attracted a large number of women to the movie, and the MySpace advertising blitz which also sparked interest.[55] Producer Mark Canton said, "MySpace had an enormous impact but it has transcended the limitations of the Internet or the graphic novel. Once you make a great movie, word can spread very quickly."[56]

The film also had a strong opening in five other markets as well, grossing $6.2 million in the first stage of its overseas rollout.[57]

300 set a record in Greece at $2.9 million, supplanting last year's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and opened No. 1 in Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.[57]

Critical reaction

Template:List to prose (section) 300 has received generally mixed reviews. On Rottentomatoes.com, it has a "fresh" 62% approval rating from listed critics, a 53% from its "Cream of the Crop" column, and a 88% approval rating from users.[58] On MetaCritic.com, 300 recieved a 53/100 based on 32 reviews, resulting in "Mixed or Average Reviews" status.[59] Over 17,000 Internet Movie Database users had rated the movie by Monday, March 12, with the weighted average being 8.4/10 putting the movie at #156 on their top 250 list.

  • Mark Cronan of Comic Book Resources gave a positive review for the film. Cronan described most of the film as being "a bit of a cross between Gladiator and several scenes from the Lord of the Rings movies". He found the film compelling, leaving him "with a feeling of power, from having been witness to something grand". However, he admitted, "This is a chest thumping, dirty, writhing mass of violence at times... It is all quite stylized and probably less gory overall than Miller's other big screen success, Sin City. Still, it's there, and if you don't want to see men fighting and dying, do not see this movie."[60]
  • IGN's Todd Gilchrist disagreed. Giving the film a score of five stars out of five, he said "Leonidas' relationship with his wife Gorgo offers a rare display of tenderness and devotion that is seldom seen in 'guy movies' like this one". He acclaimed Zack Snyder as a cinematic visionary as well as the visual sensibility of the film.[61] George Rousch acclaimed the film, citing its visual appeal and Gerard Butler's performance.[62]
  • Greek newspapers have been particularly critical."[63] The New York Times film critic A. O. Scott, described 300 as "about as violent as Apocalypto and twice as stupid." He also criticised the color scheme of the film and implied that it includes racist undertones.[64]
  • 300 had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2007, in front of 1,700 audience members. According to Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder, it received a standing ovation.[65] However, it was reportedly panned at a press screening hours earlier, with many leaving during the showing and those that remained booing at the end.[66]
  • Alex Billington said "be ready to be blown away on March 9th," calling it a film ahead of its time.[67] Kirk Honeycutt praised it, saying "those turned off by the sex-and-violence cartoonery of Sin City can embrace 300".[68]
  • Emanuel Levy also praised the film, complimenting Snyder in that he "retells Miller's saga not as an ancient tale (sort of "once upon a time..."), but as a classic and eternal one."[69] Todd McCarthy of Variety gave it a positive review, and praised Lena Headey, though he criticised Butler as he "bellows most of his bellicose lines, which become tiresomely repetitive", as well as the lack of focus on geography.[70] Erik Davis heavily criticised the film, calling it "one of the most overly hyped films in history... a boring, fast-food version of better films, with better scripts, better acting and better battles. 300 men fought to defend their freedom but, in the end, 300 people (including me) wanted their two hours back."[71]
  • Film critic Wesley Morris wrote: "the film never feels like more than an exercise, for the filmmakers and the actors."[72]
  • Greek film critics Dimitris Danikas and Robby Eksiel have blasted the Hollywood film. Robby Eksiel said moviegoers would be dazzled by the "digital action" but irritated by the "pompous interpretations and one-dimensional characters."[73]
  • Film critic Curt Holman called the film a "ultraviolent, hyperstylized treatment of the Battle of Thermopylae". Holman also expressed concerns about the content of the film as "In the wrong hands, 300 could be a lethal weapon."[74]
"Ultimately the film takes a moral stance, Herodotean in nature: there is a difference, an unapologetic difference between free citizens who fight for eleutheria and imperial subjects who give obeisance. We are not left with the usual postmodern quandary ‘who are the good guys’ in a battle in which the lust for violence plagues both sides. In the end, the defending Spartans are better, not perfect, just better than the invading Persians, and that proves good enough in the end. And to suggest that unambiguously these days has perhaps become a revolutionary thing in itself."[75]
  • Washington Post's critic Stephen Hunter considers the film "too cartoonish to be taken seriously". He criticized the action as being "all showy and stylized, never quite realistic". Hunter added: "It's kind of a ghastly hoot, and while I suppose it does no harm, it also contributes nothing. It's a guilty unpleasantness."[76]

Historical accuracy

The film's director Zack Snyder has claimed that "The events are 90 percent accurate. It's just in the visualization that it's crazy. A lot of people are like, "You're debauching history!" I'm like, "Have you read it?" I've shown this movie to world-class historians who have said it's amazing. They can't believe it's as accurate as it is."[2]

Ephraim Lytle, assistant professor of Hellenistic History at the University of Toronto has argued that the film severely distorts history beyond the superficial visual level: "the ways in which 300 selectively idealizes Spartan society are problematic, even disturbing.... the Persians are turned into monsters... the non-Spartan Greeks are simply [portrayed as weak]]... [the film's] moral universe would have appeared as bizarre to ancient Greeks as it does to modern historians".[3]

Political aspects

The filmmakers assert that any parallels to the current Iraq War that some in the media have implied were not intended. Indeed, Zack Snyder sees that comparison by some as a possible hindrance in the long run.[77] The studio and filmmakers had discussed the sensitive issue about the film's "contemporary resonance" of the East versus West conflict.[78]

Snyder reports that after advance screenings, he was taken aside by reporters at a screening for the international press, and asked about political implications by one reporter who insisted that Xerxes had to be symbolizing George W. Bush, only to have a second reporter suggest that Leonidas represented Bush. At a later showing at the Berlinale, Snyder says, he was asked, "Don’t you think it’s interesting that your movie was funded at this point?" Snyder clarifies, "The implication was that funding came from the U.S. government."[77]

Controversy over depictions

The film has attracted controversy over the portrayal of the Persians and some critics, press, officials (including the Iranian government spokesman and Iranian Members of Parliament) and bloggers have denounced the film. [79][80]As in the graphic novel, the Persians are depicted as a barbaric and demonic horde, while the Persian emissary and King Xerxes are depicted as androgynous. This is meant to stand in stark contrast to the masculinity of the Spartan army.[81]

  • Greek critic Dimitris Danikas suggested that the film showed Persians as "bloodthirsty, underdeveloped zombies," and went on to say, "They are stroking (sic) racist instincts in Europe and America."[63]
  • Along with references to slavery, mysticism and depictions of hyper-sexuality, the Persians become the vehicle for an anachronistic cross-section of Western stereotypes of Asian and African cultures[82]
  • The president of Iran's Art Affairs Advisory also expressed strong condemnation over the movie which he said insulted the Persian civilization. Javad Shamqadri, who is also a filmmaker, said the film specifically had racist intentions but called the film's effort fruitless however, saying, "values in Iranian culture are too strongly seated to be damaged by such plans."[83]
  • Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham described the an intrusion of the Iranian culture and fabrication of history, stressing that the movie is considered a hostile move against the Iranian nation. "Cultural intrusion is among the tactics always used by the aliens. Such a fabrication of culture and insult to people is not acceptable by any nation or government and we consider this attitude as hostile".[84]
  • Iranian members of parliament on Monday deprecated the production and screening of the Hollywood film “300”".[85]
  • Iranians worldwide have been protesting the movie which they say offers an "inaccurate and derogatory depiction of ancient Persians." Thousands of Iranians have signed an online petition addressed to the producers of the film "300", criticizing them for what they say is a distortion of historical fact. [86]

Furthermore, the "bad guys" are depicted as black people, Persians, brown people, handicapped or deformed people, gays and lesbians. The traitor Ephialtes is played by a hunchback as in the graphic novel; however, historically there is no mention that Ephialtes was a hunchback. [87]

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