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THE 300 SPARTANS (1962) - movie poster painting

Artist: Tom Chantrell (All)

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THE 300 SPARTANS (1962) - movie poster painting Comic Art
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Artwork Details

Title: THE 300 SPARTANS (1962) - movie poster painting
Artist: Tom Chantrell (All)
Media Type: Paint - Acrylic
Art Type: Other
For Sale Status: Permanent Collection - NFS
Views: 4,213
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Comments: 3
Added to Site: 8/16/2018
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Tom Chantrell's finished Movie Poster painting of the 1962 sword & sandals epic, THE 300 SPARTANS. Image measures approximately 28" x 21".

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.


Extract from a Frank Miller interview (when questioned about his later retelling of the story): ". . . it was a product of my entire life. I’ve loved the story ever since I saw The 300 Spartans, starring Richard Egan, when I was a young kid in the ’60s, and I researched it as thoroughly as I could. It’s as pure a story of heroism as I could find. Our version would probably be the Alamo, in terms of the overwhelming size of the enemy."

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Johnny  C. 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 8/17/2018

Awesome!

Lars Teglbjaerg 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/2/2018

Greatness!

Al Simpleton 
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 2/8/2020

Go tell the Spartans and all this sort of things... I watched the movie again recently and found it a litlle lightweight compared to the Epic that was engraved in my childhood memories... But the poster is spot on! A Killer, really... 

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