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	Inside 300

rccgd

3-4-2007 12:37 AM

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frank miller, 300, graphic novel, movie, comparison, legendary, tale, spartans, thermopylae

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"This article includes details about the legendary tale told by Frank Miller in his graphic novel and in the film "300." These events are central to the film's plot and its ending."

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								Introduction to Inside 300
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								Casting Leonidas and Xerxes
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								The Myth and the Legend
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								Getting Into Shape
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								Stunts and Fight Choreography
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								Lots More Information
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In 480 B.C., a small army of 300 Spartan warriors led by King Leonidas held off 100,000 Persian invaders under the command of King Xerxes at a narrow canyon called Thermopylae.  Twenty-four centuries later, the story author and illustrator Frank Miller captured so vividly in his 1999 graphic novel has been realized on screen as "300" by director Zack Snyder—a Herculean task that would have been impossible without a modern-day army of artists, technicians, stunt people and trainers.
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<FONT size="-2">Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures</FONT>
<FONT size="-1"><B>On the left, a panel from Frank Miller's graphic novel "300."  On the right, the scene as it appears in the film.</B></FONT>
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