Is the movie "300" based on a true story?

Answer 1

Yep...

Battle of Thermopylae

Read the book the Hot Gates...Great adaptation of this truly heroic story of 300 Spartans who held the entire Persian Army at bay and undoubtedly, by buying the Greeks time, saved the new concept of Democracy...

Answer 2

the movie 300 is based on the battle of thermoplae (i forget the propper spelling) where the king of sparta and his personal bodyguard detatchment of 300 elite spartan soldiers along with several thousand greek infantry held of over one million (i've also heard 5 million) persian soldiers until the main body of the greek army could come in and finish the persians off.

the reason they were so out numbered is said to be that the citys had a celebration and the armys were not permitted to leave the city, only the king and his body guards were allowed.

yes it is BASED on a true story but the movie looks like it will be so extraordinarily inaccurate just like the movie 'king arthur' was (don't get me started). infact the main battle in this movie (thermopolae) is the reason the spartans are so legendary..

in the legend all the spartans die but the cities are saved.

if you want more info on it contact me via email and i may be able to scrounge up more information for ya.

Answer 3

This article is about the graphic novel. For the 2007 film adaptation
300 is a graphic novel, written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. The comic loosely depicts the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas I, king of Sparta. The comic was particularly inspired by the 1962 film, The 300 Spartans, a movie that Miller watched as a young boy.

Every page of the comic was illustrated as a double-page spread. When the series was gathered into hardcover form, the individual pages were twice as wide as a normal comic. Miller's art style for this project was similar to his Sin City work, although the addition of consistent color is an obvious difference.

300 was initially published as a monthly five-issue comic book series by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue published in May 1998. The issues were titled Honor, Duty, Glory, Combat and Victory. The series won three Eisner Awards in 1999" "Best Limited Series", "Best Writer/Artist" for Frank Miller and "Best Colorist" for Lynn Varley. The work was collected as a hardcover graphic novel in 1999.

The film 300, to be released in March 9, 2007, is based on 300, and is effectively a shot-for-shot adaptation of the graphic novel.

Answer 4

The new movie "300" was based on the graphic novel of the same name, written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley.

The comic loosely depicts the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas I, king of Sparta. The comic was particularly inspired by the 1962 film, The 300 Spartans, a movie that Miller watched as a young boy.

Answer 5

It is based on the legend of 300 spartans against 400,000 persains. This is the plot of the movie spartan

Answer 6

Yeah for the most part, it's based on a war between the Spartans and errm..oh poo...those other guys.

Answer 7

Yes, it is loosely based on the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). I stress the word "loosely".

Answer 8

somewhat loosely yes

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Answer 10

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