Friday, January 25, 2008

Meet the REAL Spartans!

A new spoof/parody of the movie "300" hits theaters today. "Meet the Spartans" was written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the brains behind "Epic Movie" and "Scary Movie," and features Sean Maguire as King Leonides, Carmen Electra as Queen Margo, and Ken Davitian as Xerxes.

For those interested in the real story behind the battle of Thermopylae and the history of the Spartans, Professor Paul Cartledge from the University of Cambridge has written the definitive works: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World and Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, both available from Overlook.

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