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Leonidas (GERARD BUTLER) bids farewell to his son Pleistarchos (GIOVANI ANTONIO CIMMINO) and wife Gorgo (LENA HEADEY) as the 300 begin their march north
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Theron (DOMINIC WEST) threatens Gorgo (LENA HEADEY) when she attempts to secure his support in the Spartan council
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King Leonaidas (Gerard Butler) looks through the remains of a devastated Greek village, scanning the details of the destruction.
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On the left, a panel from Frank Miller's graphic novel 300. On the right, the scene as it appears
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Teenaged Leonidas (TYLER NEITZEL) encounters a hungry wolf while surviving alone in the wilderness as part of a Spartan soldier's training
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At age 7, as is customary in Sparta, the boy is taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence.
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Director ZACK SNYDER (center) blocks a scene with LENA HEADEY who portrays Gorgo, during filming of Warner Bros. Pictures' action drama "300"
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GERARD BUTLER stars as King Leonidas
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Theron (DOMINIC WEST, center) and a group of councilmen watch the departure of Leonidas and his 300 bodyguards
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As distant battle horns sound off, thousands of Persians arrows race through the golden sky towards the Spartans.
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Robbed of sleep by the words of the Oracle, Leonidas (GERARD BUTLER) seeks the counsel of his wife and queen, Gorgo (LENA HEADEY)
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Gorgo (LENA HEADEY) makes an impassioned plea before the Spartan council
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Director ZACK SNYDER (center) and GERARD BUTLER who portrays Leonidas, discuss a scene on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures' action drama "300"
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The Spartan defenders face a menagerie of war beasts from across the vast Persian empire
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Leonidas (GERARD BUTLER) fights his way through the first wave of Persian infantry
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Leonidas (GERARD BUTLER, center) warns the Persian Messenger (PETER MENSAH) to choose his words wisely as Captain (VINCENT REGAN, left) and Gorgo (LENA HEADEY) look on
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Stelios (Michael Fassbender) refuses the Persian Emissary s demand of a Spartan surrender.
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The Persian cavalry, astride black stallions, emerges from the dust and smoke of the battlefield
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