Film
Meet the Spartans
2008· PG-13· 1h 24m· Comedy· Fantasy
“The bigger the hit, the harder they fall.”
Meet the Spartans, a 2008 parody film, skewers blockbuster conventions with a band of Spartans, led by bare-chested, cape-clad Leonidas, battling an army of pop culture icons. Ghost Rider and Rocky Balboa clash with the Spartans, while Paris Hilton, in a hunchbacked cameo, adds to the absurdity. The film's gleeful anarchy and irreverent humor offer a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of heroic archetypes and cinematic excess.
2008-01-24
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Key Crew
DirectorAaron Seltzer
WriterAaron Seltzer
ProducerAaron Seltzer
Director of PhotographyShawn Maurer
Original Music ComposerChristopher Lennertz
EditorPeck Prior
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released2008-01-24
Runtime1h 24m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosNew Regency Pictures · Regency Enterprises · 3 in the Box
Budget$30M
Box office$86M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating4.1/10 · 1867 votes
Original languageen
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