300

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action film fantasy film film war film

300 is a 2006 stylized action film directed by Zack Snyder that dramatizes the Battle of Thermopylae through hyper-visual, graphic novel-inspired imagery.

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action film → fantasy film → film → war film →
basedOn	300 (comic series) →
basedOnWorkBy	Frank Miller → Lynn Varley NERFINISHED →
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	approximately $456 million →
budget	approximately $60 million →
cinematographer	Larry Fong →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Zack Snyder →
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures →
distributorRegion	United States →
editor	William Hoy →
filmingLocation	Montreal →
followedBy	300: Rise of an Empire →
genre	action → fantasy → historical fiction → war →
inspiredByEvent	Battle of Thermopylae →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Dilios → King Leonidas → Queen Gorgo → Xerxes I →
mpaaRating	R →
musicBy	Tyler Bates →
narrativeFocus	Battle of Thermopylae →
narratorCharacter	Dilios →
portrayedBy	Andrew Tiernan → David Wenham → Dominic West → Gerard Butler → Lena Headey → Michael Fassbender → Rodrigo Santoro → Vincent Regan →
portraysGroup	Persian army → Spartans →
productionCompany	Atmosphere Entertainment MM → Legendary Pictures → Virtual Studios →
releaseDate	2006-03-09 →
releaseYear	2006 →
runtimeMinutes	117 →
screenwriter	Kurt Johnstad → Michael B. Gordon → Zack Snyder →
sequelReleaseYear	2014 →
setInCountry	Ancient Greece →
setInPlace	Thermopylae →
setInYear	480 BC →
usesTechnique	blue screen photography → extensive digital compositing →
visualStyle	graphic novel-inspired → stylized →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Animal Logic → Legendary Pictures →	notableWork