Spartan 300 warriors
Original title
300
More Chinese titles
300 Spartans
War wolf 300 ...
300 strong men: Sparta's counterattack.
Film genre
Action/plot/adventure/war
The length of a movie (according to the screening time)
1 17 minutes
Country/region
United States of America
conversational language
English
colour
colour
grade
R-rated graphic battle sequences, some sex and nudity.
grade
Britain: 15 USA: r Australia: r Korea: 18 Netherlands: 16 Singapore: M 18 Finland: K- 15 Ireland: 15A.
Shooting date
September 2005
Plot introduction
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In 480 BC, King Xerxes I of Persia (Rodriguez santoro) commanded 500,000 troops (so-called 5 million men) and 1000 warships to attack Greece on a large scale. All the way south to the demobilization channel.
The powerful Xerxes I also sent a letter of surrender to the Greek city-state, hoping that the small country would surrender without a fight. This naturally includes Sparta.
As a result, Xue Xisi's emissary suffered greatly in the resistance of many Greeks. At this time, in order to resist the strong enemy, the brave Spartan King Leonidas (gerard butler) personally led about 7,000 Greek allied forces assembled from all over the country to take the lead in rushing to the hot spring pass to guard the dangerous pass.
On the other hand, the Persian army, which consumed a huge amount in the fierce naval battle, was obviously unable to organize any powerful offensive in the two-day land war. Therefore, close combat between the two armies is not imminent.
But two days later, the cunning Xue Xisi sent an elite force to sneak attack the mountain pass, and the unprepared Greek defenders were quickly defeated.
Leonidas in order to save strength, ordered the Greek coalition forces to retreat quickly. I personally led 300 people behind the Spartan. A bloody life-and-death struggle was waged with tens of thousands of Persian troops who increased their troops.
In the end, all 300 warriors died, and the Persian army paid a painful price of 20 thousand casualties in the battle to break the hot springs.
Background story
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This is an inscription on a lion-shaped monument standing at the Demobichon Pass (commonly known as Hot Spring Pass) in Greece to commemorate the Battle of Hot Spring Pass in 480 BC. The battle of Wenquanguan was another confrontation between Persia and Greece after the marathon 10.
After the death of Persian King Darius I, his son Xue Xisi succeeded to the throne. In order to realize his father's last wish, Xue Xisi vowed to crush Athens and conquer Greece. To this end, he carefully prepared for four years and mobilized the military power of the entire Persian Empire. The soldiers who participated in the expedition came from 46 countries that surrendered to Persia, 100 nationalities. There are Persians and Medes, who wear colorful robes and scales and hold short swords and spears; Assyrians wear bronze helmets and carry linen shields and sticks; Parthians and spiny mannequins with bows and axes as the main weapons; There are Indians in robes; There are Arabs wearing tunics and long bows on their right shoulders; Some Ethiopians wear leopard skin or lion skin and red and white bodies. Their weapons are bows made of palm trees and arrows made of flint and antelope fox skin. Thracians wore bright red cloaks and held javelins and shields; There are also soldiers of all ethnic groups in the Caucasus. Their helmets are decorated with ox ears and they are armed with leather shields and short spears. The Persian army has so many people, so many kinds and so many weapons and equipment that it looks like a big exhibition of armies and armaments of all ethnic groups.
In the spring of 480 BC, the Persian army gathered in Little Athadis, claiming to be 5 million, but in fact there were about 300,000-500,000 people, who were divided into land and sea and headed for Greece. Persian troops arrived in Hellers Strait (now called Da Daniil Strait), and Xue Xisi ordered the construction of the bridge. The bridge will be built soon. These are two cable bridges, one is Egyptian and the other is Filipino. Hardly had the bridge been repaired when it was blown away by a strong wind. Xue Xisi was furious. He not only killed the craftsman who built the bridge, but also ordered to throw the chain into the sea, saying that he would lock the sea. He also ordered someone to whip the sea 300 times to punish the sea for stopping him from moving forward. His pretensions and arrogance are obvious.
Of course, the bridge was finally built. But it changed from a cable bridge to a pontoon bridge. The craftsmen neatly arranged 360 warships and connected them with thick ropes. There are two roads paved with planks on the ship, one is walked by people and the other is walked by mules and horses. Railings are installed on both sides of the pontoon bridge to prevent people from falling into the sea.
Maybe you don't believe it, it took the Persian army seven days and seven nights to cross the channel. A local witnessed all this and said in horror, "Zeus, why did you become a Persian and change your name to Xue Xisi to lead all mankind to destroy Greece?"
In the face of the menacing enemy, the Greek city-states, which have always liked internal struggles, organized unprecedented joint actions. More than 30 city-states formed an anti-Persian alliance, which was chaired by King Leonidas of Sparta.
After crossing the Hellers Strait, Persian troops quickly swept across the northern part of Greece, and arrived at the Demobile Pass in July and August. This pass is the "gateway" of China and Greece, which is surrounded by mountains and seas. There are two sulfur hot springs in front of the pass, so it is also called "Hot Spring Pass". The mountain pass is extremely narrow and can only accommodate one chariot. It is the only passage from northern Greece to the south. At this time, the Greeks are holding the Olympic Games, but in Greece, the Olympic Games are above everything else, and fighting is forbidden during the competition. So the Greeks only deployed a few thousand troops at the gates. When the Persians approached, Spartan King Leonidas brought only 300 men to reinforce him.
After the Persian army camped on the plain not far from Wenquan Pass, Xue Xisi first launched a psychological offensive. He sent a message to the Greek defenders, saying that there were countless Persian soldiers, and just shooting arrows could cover the sun. The brave Spartans laughed in horror and said, "Great, we can kill ourselves in the shade." .
Two days later, Xue Xisi sent someone to inquire about the movement of the Greeks. It was reported that the Greeks piled weapons aside, some combed their hair, some did exercises, and there was no sign of war. Xue Xisi was surprised, and asked the insider to know that it was the habit of Spartans to comb their hair before the war, which meant a bloody battle. Xue Xisi waited patiently for another four days. Seeing that the Greeks guarding the customs showed no signs of surrendering, he ordered the ungrateful Greeks to be captured alive by force.
According to the dangerous terrain of Wenquanguan and the narrow mountain road, the troops could not take action, and the cavalry and cars were useless, Xue Xisi adopted the storm tactics of sending heavy infantry to attack in turn, in an attempt to defeat the Spartans by numerical superiority. However, the Spartans took advantage of the geographical advantage of the hot spring pass, saying that "one person can keep it, but ten thousand people can't force it", and they were condescending and stabbed the enemy with sharp spears and Persian knives. The Persians fell one after another and attacked day after day, but failed to advance. Xue Xisi helpless, had to take out the most elite ten thousand body-guards into battle, but in addition to leaving a huge body, still can't attack. Seeing this, Xue Xisi stood up from his throne three times, frowning, shaking his beard and shouting wildly.
Just when Xue Xisi was at his wit's end, a local farmer named Ebie Arthus came to report that there was a path leading to the back of the pass. Xue Xisi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the Greek traitor to lead the body guard into the back hill along the thorn road. They crossed canyons, streams and climbed cliffs. At dawn, I walked through an oak forest and approached the top of the mountain. It turns out that Leonidas has laid more than 1000 defenders from the city-state of Foces on the mountain beside the road. When there is no war, they let their guard down, and only when there are noisy footsteps in the silent darkness do they rush into battle. The Persians came, arrows rained down and the fox was defeated. The Persians did not pursue, and went directly behind the hot spring pass.
When King Leonidas of Sparta learned that the Persian army had retreated, he knew that the tide was over. In order to save his strength, he transferred the troops of other city-states without fighting spirit to the rear, leaving only 300 soldiers with him to fight. Because according to Spartan tradition, soldiers can never give up their positions. 700 soldiers from the city-state of Cesbia volunteered to stay and fight alongside the Spartans.
The stranded Persians rushed to the pass like a flood, and the Spartans fought bravely between Scylla and Charybdis. They stabbed with spears, and the spears broke, and then they drew their swords to cut them. When the sword was broken, the Persians swarmed. Spartan repelled the enemy's four attacks and defended his commander-in-chief to the death. Their number is getting less and less, and they are gradually compressed into a small hill. Kill the red-eyed Persians, surround the remaining Spartans, and drop javelins on them at the sound of commands until the last one falls. At this point, the hot spring pass was finally captured.
For Xue Xisi, the bloody battle in the hot springs was like a nightmare, which claimed the lives of 20,000 Persian soldiers. At the thought of Spartan who would rather die than surrender in a bloody battle, he asked with trepidation, "Are all Spartans like this?"
It is said that the Persians only found 298 bodies of Spartans when cleaning the battlefield. It turns out that two Spartans didn't take part in the battle. One is because of eye disease, and the other is because of being ordered to go out. After the war, they returned to Sparta, and people in their hometown despised them and ignored them. One of them couldn't stand the humiliation and committed suicide. The other died in the later battle, but the Spartans refused to bury him in the cemetery of the glorious victims.
Behind the scenes production
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About the original work
The first film describing the battle of Wenquanguan was 1962' s 300 Warriors of Sparta, when Frank Miller, the author of 300 Dead Men, was only five years old. Looking back at the 300 warriors in Sparta, the dialogue in the film looks very old now, but one episode-several of the 300 warriors who fought to the end were killed by disorderly arrows-deeply shocked Miller at that time. Five-year-old Miller has been able to read comic books and newspapers, and he is used to seeing heroes and winning. This is the first time he realized that a hero is not necessarily the one who laughs last. "That's a massacre! But shocking. " Miller later commented on the plot.
That plot is bound to have far-reaching significance for Miller's creative career, because Miller's works are full of tragic heroes. For example, the famous cartoon "The Return of the Dark Knight" supporting the legend of Batman in an era, the old hero has retired for many years, but for various reasons, he has to return to the rivers and lakes to fight against various evil forces. The climax scene is an old hero fighting his former comrade-in-arms, Superman. Miller concluded that the characters he is best at portraying are those tragic heroes, and no matter how hard they try, they are always hopelessly defeated by fate. They lost the last battle, but they won the hearts of the people.
This complex extends to 300 dead people. Since the mid-1990s, Miller has been collecting information to prepare for the creation of 300 Dead Men.
About the film
At first, the producer of "300 Dead Men" came to Miller to talk about cooperation. Miller is reluctant because 300 pounds means a lot to him. In his own words, "300 Dead Men" is the brilliant peak of his career. "He can't stand his efforts being adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster like Troy. But after watching a few shots of Shoot, he was deeply shocked and agreed to authorize it. But the director put it another way, "Miller authorized us because no one else in the world can shoot the original. "
About starring
Gerard butler, the actor of Spartan King Leonidas, won unanimous praise for his acting skills, but he was very lucky to get the role. There are at least 15 candidates for this role, and everyone works very hard in the gym to get this role. As a result, when they put on Persian robes to audition, everyone looked like the old Persian king. Steven Gerrard said with a smile that the director at that time was probably very picky, because he came to Steven Gerrard and said "Try this guy" without even asking who he was-the director of his favorite movie couldn't name himself, which made the ambitious Steven Gerrard suffer greatly. But the director proved that he had a good eye. Gerrard tried several shots and everyone said, "That man is the mad king of Sparta"!
About shooting
The director told all the actors in advance that there should be bodybuilding champions in the camera, not white-faced teenagers. In order to encourage the actors to work hard to shape, the director ordered someone to make a T-shirt, which read "I died in the battle of hot spring pass". However, some actors who are tired of fitness secretly said that "it is really easy to die happily compared with the devil's fitness every day."
About clothing
From conception to completion of "300 Dead Men", Miller spent about ten years consulting a lot of materials and talking with many experts. It can be said that Three Hundred Dead Men is a very faithful historical work-however, the so-called "loyalty" of artists is naturally different from that of historians. Historically, Spartans wore heavy armor when fighting, and some people's armor weighed half their weight. Miller thought that such costumes would make the tragic Spartans look like turtles, so he changed the costumes of the characters in the original work. The king of Sparta and his men wore scarlet shirts, half naked and lean. Those uniforms look like swimming trunks made of leather. Miller said: "in ancient Greek themes, characters are usually naked;" For the same artistic consideration, I stripped the soldiers of their clothes. "