Messenger: All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: A simple offering of earth and water......a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. Submission.
Leonidas: Now, that's a bit of a problem. See, rumor has it......the Athenians have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then...
Theron: We must be diplomatic.
Leonidas: And, of course, Spartans......have their reputation to consider.
The messenger is telling Leonidas what Xerxes wants from Sparta. Leonidas gives him the answer.
300
300 is a 2007 American film adapted from a graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads 300 Spartans into battle against Persian...
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