“300 Limited Collector’s Edition” Available November 18 - Only While Supplies Last From Warner Home Video
(August 18, 2008 – Burbank, CA) – “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. Orders are due October 14.
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.
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
• 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. Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.# # #
• 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
- “Production Design”
“Wardrobe”
“Stunt Work”
“Lena Headey”
“Adapting The Graphic Novel”
“Gerard Butler”
“Rodrigo Santoro”
“Training The Actors”
“Culture of The Sparta City/State”
“A Glimpse from the Set: Making 300 the Movie”
“Scene Studies from 300”
“Fantastic Characters of 300”
• 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. Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.