Meet the Spartans (2008)

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Tagline:

The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Shield | Spear | Movie Spoof | Beard

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Sean Maguire	...	Leonidas
Carmen Electra	...	Queen Margo
Ken Davitian	...	Xerxes
Kevin Sorbo	...	Captain
Diedrich Bader	...	Traitoro
Method Man	...	Persian Emissary
Jareb Dauplaise	...	Dilio
Travis Van Winkle	...	Sonio
Phil Morris	...	Messenger
Jim Piddock	...	Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-a-Like
Nicole Parker	...	Paula Abdul Look-a-Like / Britney Spears Look-a-Like / Ellen DeGeneres Look-a-Like / Hunchback Paris
Ike Barinholtz	...	Dane Cook Look-a-Like / Bond Villain / Prophet
Crista Flanagan	...	Spartan Woman / Ugly Betty Look-a-Like
Hunter Clary	...	Leo Jr.
Emily Wilson	...	Lindsay Lohan Look-a-Like

Also Known As:

13 Spartans (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2 (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2: A Story of Spartans (USA) (working title)
Hunting and Fishing (USA) (working title)
Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie (USA) (working title)
Una loca película de esparta (Argentina) (DVD title) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Знакомство со спартанцами (Russia) [ru]
3ciento - Chi l'ha duro... la vince (Italy) [it]
Casi 300 (Spain) [es]
Espartalhões (Brazil) [pt]
Iste spartalilar (Turkey: Turkish title) (DVD title) [tr]
Meine Frau, die Spartaner und ich (Germany) [de]
Mitäs me spartalaiset (Finland) [fi]
Orgie Movie (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Poznaj moich Spartan (Poland) [pl]
Spartalased tulevad! (Estonia) [et]
Spartatouille (France) [fr]
Spartiates gia klamata (Greece) [el]
Uns Espartanos do Pior (Portugal) [pt]
Voici les Spartiates (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence.

Runtime:

Argentina:86 min | UK:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Finland:K-13 | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

To date, it is the only film to be written and directed by both Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, to not have the word "movie" in the title.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Queen Margo (played by Carmen Electra) flips over for her message, white tape is clearly visible on her breasts.

Quotes:

Leonidas: We may have won the battle, But they will win the war!
Other 12 Spartans: Aaah... What?

Movie Connections:

References Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Soundtrack:

Swing It

Imagine Death on Film

I don't know how my brain allowed me to see this picture. I thought it would be like trying to suffocate yourself; your body would just shut down before you could do it. Apparently I was wrong. I sat through this movie and laughed once, and that was during the preview for another movie. There was the odd part where I might have cracked a smile or thought, "This might be funny if..." but there is a very good reason for that. Instead of making good jokes and thoughtful humour, the writers decided to just constantly send an endless stream of jokes at you and hoped one of them made you chuckle. This movie was truly atrocious. You would think after having their last two films be on the bottom 100 of this site, the makers would say, "Lets try something different," but no, it is the exact same as Date Movie and Epic Movie; Bad.