Movies: 300

Directed and written by Zack Snyder and starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Rodrigo Santoro and Vincent Regan, 300 opens this Friday, March 9. The movie, about the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, at which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought King Xerxes and his army of hundreds of thousands of Persians, is based on the 1999 graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, which itself is based on the 1962 movie, The 300 Spartans.

Miller and director Snyder have collaborated on 300: The Art of the Film (Dark Horse, $24.95, 9781593077013/1593077017), which includes production photos, studio art and more.

Overlook Press reports that its recently released Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World by Paul Cartledge ($30, 9781585675661/1585675660), which covers the same hallowed ground, is the house's bestselling title at the moment and has gone back to press. Monday's USA Today ran a Q&A with Cartledge.


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