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  • Actors: Jeffery A. Baker, Orion Barnes, Erin Bennett, Kristopher Blount, Joshua Bradley
  • Directors: David Padrusch
  • Writers: David Padrusch, Matt Koed
  • Producers: David Padrusch, Gabriel Gornell, Linda Beck, Matt Koed, Michael Impollonia
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Imc Vision
  • DVD Release Date: 21 May 2007
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000PFT1LO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,273 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This spectacular two hour documentary tells the amazing true story of the 300 Spartan warriors who so selflessly defended their country against the mighty Persian army, estimated at being a million strong for almost 7 days. This is the real story of the most famous last stand in history. At the height of the Persian-Greek war, Xerxes, King of Persia, intent on conquering all of Greece, led his mighty army into battle. But what awaited them was not to be anticipated . For seven days the King of Sparta Leonidas accompanied by just 300 Spartan warriors and a number of Greek regulars held off the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, so that the Greek army would have time to mobilise. Against impossible odds, the Spartans held the narrow pass, inflicting shocking casualty numbers on the Persians untill every last Spartan was slain. This program is visually stunning with breathtaking dramatisations and graphics helping to bring the true story of the Spartans last stand to life and tell the real story behind what happened at the pass at Thermopylae, which is still used in military academies and by tactitians around the world today.

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Documentary detailing the captivating battle in which 300 Spartan Warriors stood their ground, defending themselves against a legion of marauding Persians - estimated at over a million men.

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65 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative., 11 July 2007
By Rd Smalley (England) - See all my reviews
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An interesting DVD from the History Channel with a very comprehensive account of the famous battle, with reasonable background info regarding the history leading up to the Persian invasion. Production values are as expected from a television show, with none of the high budget CGI seen in films. It is all passable though and depicts the chain of events well, especially the all important marine offensive in the straits to ward off the Persian pincer movement against the army led by the Spartans.

The explanations of the battles by the various academics and authors (including Steven Pressfield of 'Gates of Fire' fame) are absorbing and one is left in no doubt about the amazing sacrifice made by so few... but not as few as one is led to believe by certain Hollywood films. One small niggle with the DVD is that there are obvious pauses and fades to black, which are annoyingly dead give-aways for TV commercials when the programme was aired.

All in all an excellent addition to the truly stunning 300 Hollywood movie.

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Little content, lots of repetition, 16 Dec 2007
By David Snowdon (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Note to self: Next time you want to know the facts behind an event, buy a book by a reputable expert in the field.

Note to David Padrusch & Matt Koed: Can I have the last 120 minutes of my life back please?

The thinking behind this film seems to have been "If you can say something once then why not say it five times." Perhaps this was orginally made for TV and the endless repetitions were designed to be recaps after a long advert break. In any case the repetions quickly became annoying.

The product description at Amazon says "visually stunning with breathtaking dramatisations and graphics." The dramatisations and animations weren't bad, but I think most of them were repeated at least twice and the documentary makers obviously decided that they could show simple pictures of swords, shields, helmets etc unless they had animated lines whizzing around them.

For all the content in this documentary it could have been easily compressed into 30-45 minutes simply by removing the repetition and the result would have been much better for it.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A documentary that lets itself down, 11 Oct 2007
By Mr. Jan Tari "anomalocarus" (london) - See all my reviews
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An ultra-low budget production that gives (as far as I can tell) a reasonably comprehensive picture of the battle of Thermopylae including a historical context, a brief but painfully clear picture of the upbringing of Spartan children and a little of adult life, the geography and technology of the battle including the marine aspect, the politics that shaped it on the day, and arguably its effect on the modern world's culture (based on the rather dubious claim that democracy could not have arisen elsewhere had Greece fallen). The almost completely pointless scenery of soldiers standing around and gashing each other is intercut with head shots of academics giving their considered and fascinating point of view on what and how and why.
It's not actually too bad but the main narrator's running commentary was unnecessary repetitious and often simplified, doing a disservice to the professional historians employed (and was delivered in that deep, gravelly, oh-so-sincere accent loved by American documentary makers -- do they genetically engineer these people to sound this way or what?).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darn good!
I love my history programmes (I have quite a few) and I was really impressed by this programme's high quality visual effects. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Geralt of Rivia

4.0 out of 5 stars Effective and informative retelling of an incredible story
The battle of Thermopylae was one of the most decisive battles in world history, as well as being one of the most awe inspiring. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bruno

3.0 out of 5 stars A noble sacrifice, but not as often told.
The story of King Leonidas' 300 troops holding back an immense Persian invading force is historically accurate - up to a point. Why 300? Read more
Published 20 months ago by M.I.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant High Quality DVD
this is a wonderful DVD, full of great effects, packed full of information....some people bought it thinking it was the film and gave one star, how silly is that! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Figroll

1.0 out of 5 stars The Last Stand of the 300.......
Well, knowing this was a real story and not the blockbuster film title, I was up for becoming more knowledgeable about the last stand of the 300 Spartans. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2007 by K. Delacour

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
The synopsis for this DVD is very misleading. I found it far from "spectacular" and the narration was, in my opinion, absolutely appalling with that terrible, film trailer voice... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2007 by Mr. P. Jones

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't confuse this for the film
Sat down thinking I was going to enjoy the film but mistakenly got the documentary instead
Published on 28 Sep 2007 by Adrian Engelbrecht

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