“One of the best films of 2007, and of the last 25 years”

- Ben Lyons / E! Entertainment

Click image for larger version.

Visit the Official Site!

300 LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Available November 18, Only While Supplies Last

from Warner Home Video

Includes Bonus Disc with All-New Documentary

300, the cutting-edge, heart-pounding visual masterpiece from visionary filmmaker Zack Snyder (upcoming The Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead) is marching onto home screens as a Limited Collector’s Edition November 18 from Warner Home Video.
The new 300 Limited Collector’s Edition, available only while supplies last, will include all the spectacular special features previously available on the Two Disc Special Edition but now adds a bonus disc containing a new documentary To The Hot Gates: A Legend Retold, a comprehensive and dynamic description of the process filmmakers followed to take an ancient legend through a graphic novel and finally realizing it as a feature film. In addition there is a bonus Digital Copy of the film, a 52-page hardcover art book with a personal message from Snyder, a lucite display with motion film image and six collectible photo cards. The 300 Limited Collector’s Edition, perfect for holiday gift giving, will retail for $49.92 SRP.

Synopsis

The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans faced off against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. In spite of insurmountable odds, they fought to the death to defend their honor and freedom, inspiring all of Greece to unite against the enemy.

Running Time: 116 minutes

Rating: R (for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity)

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish

DLBY/SURR DLBY/DGTL

——————————–

Review

Those hoping for a lot of new material in the Limited Collector‘s Edition 300, released Nov. 18th, won’t be very impressed when they pop in the third disc and find just one documentary added. Although it is the only addition as far as actual content, compared to the Two Disc Special Edition, the doc, titled To The Hot Gates: A Legend Retold, is an interesting piece running a little under 30 minutes and answering a lot of questions as to how Frank Miller and Zack Snyder decided on certain aspects of characters. It covers things that should have been covered in Making of 300 on the second disc but were left out, such as shooting with a green screen and the differences in how actors portrayed larger than life characters, like the giant and executioner. Although it is disheartening, as a fan of the movie, to see the messengers killed near the beginning of the movie falling not into a well but into a small pit of cardboard boxes, it’s a must see for Frank Miller fans wondering how they made such a smooth transition from a graphic novel to the screen.

The neatest part of this Collector’s Edition just might be the toys it comes with. The trading cards might be a bit much, but the hologram depicting King Leonidas throwing his spear and the 52-page book mixing bits of the graphic novel with scenes from the movie both make for good additions to any movie fan’s DVD collection. I suppose putting swords in each box set would have been drastic, so this is as much as any 300 fan could ask for. Altogether, a great Christmas gift, you know, “If it is blood you seek.”

~Ryan Pitkin

——————————–

Own it Now on DVD!!

Special Features

Disc 1 – Film
• Commentary by director Zack Snyder, writer Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong
• Easter Egg – Preparing for Battle: The Original Test Footage

Disc 2

• The 300 – Fact or Fiction? – Historians, authors and filmmakers reveal how much of the film was based on fact
• Who Were The Spartans: The Warriors of 300 – An exploration of the customs and mores of Spartan life that were used by the actors and filmmakers to help build their characters
• Frank Miller Tapes – How the outspoken Miller’s vision became a theatrical film
• Making of 300
• Making 300 in Images – Rapid fire stills from the first day of production to the last
• Deleted Scenes with introduction by Zack Snyder
• Webisodes
o Production Design
o Wardrobe
o Stunt Work
o Lena Headey
o Adapting The Graphic Novel
o Gerard Butler
o Rodrigo Santoro
o Training The Actors
o Culture of The Sparta City/State
o A Glimpse from the Set: Making 300 the Movie
o Scene Studies from 300
o Fantastic Characters of 300

Disc 3 (New)

• To The Hot Gates: A Legend Retold – A comprehensive and dynamic description of the ancient legend, from Frank Miller’s graphic novel to the creation of Zack Snyder’s epic movie

• Bonus Digital Copy of the film

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.

Get the inside scoop on WB movie & DVD releases! Click here: www.wbreelnews.com