Gloria Foster passed away due to complications from diabetes on September 29, 2001, at the age of 67. A similar line was used by an Athenian about the Spartans in. | Inside a humble apartment she acts as a guardian and mentor for young children who have the potential to be "the One" - a prophesied savior of mankind. | The entire Senate subplot, including the rape of Queen Gorgo, was invented for the film and does not appear in. It sounds ridiculous, but I was always thinking in terms of a more difficult role". 300 (Three Hundred) is a heavily stylized Battle Epic movie directed by Zack Snyder, released in 2006 and based on a 1998 comic miniseries by Frank Miller.In spite of the heavy fantasy influence, the story is based on real events—the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC during the Second Greco-Persian War, as described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. While Foster did not have many close relatives, she stayed in contact with her Delta Sigma Theta sorority sister, Cicely Tyson. Hannah enjoys weird horror movies, weirder sci-fi movies, and also the movie adaptation of Need for Speed - the greatest video game movie of all time. While it's possible that director Lana Wachowski might bring her back for upcoming sequel The Matrix 4, it's more likely that we'll see the Oracle recast again - if she appears at all. It was followed by 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Quotes Filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. However, when Cleomenes ascended to the throne, Dorieus left Greece in a jealous rage. Related: The Matrix 4: Why Only One Wachowski Sister Is Directing. A cultural adviser to President. According to an interview with IGN.com, director. ", "Everyone ends up in the same damned place. (at around 10 mins) When Leonidas is walking with the Persian messenger, there is a Persian Cat on the right roof. Performing O'Neil: Conversations with Actors and Directors. Was the highest-grossing R-rated comic book film ever made, until the release of, Warner Brothers was hoping for a gross in the region of, The movie never claims to be historically correct, something which is addressed at length in the documentary, Some weapons used in the film are actually weapons from previous war epics like. According to the Greek historian. In calling the site of the battle "the Hot Gates", the film uses the literal translation of the name "Thermopylae" ("hot gateway"). Military strategists have pointed out that the way to break the Spartan formation was to use artillery. Leonidas's necklace has a wolf's tooth on it. Leonidas had an older half-brother Cleomenes, and an older full brother, Dorieus. He faced a wolf as part of his training at the beginning of the movie. The first episode, titled Conspiracy (1992), was based on Malcolm X's assassination. The Oracle, who was played by Gloria Foster in the first two Matrix movies, was recast for The Matrix Revolutions when Foster died during filming. It was, in fact, the Spartan army that was erroneously thought to encourage homosexual relationships among soldiers due to the fact that a Spartan male would live with his fellow soldiers till about 30 years old. Later, following the Persian attack at Marathon, Cleomenes, suspected of insanity, fled into exile, leaving Leonidas as the remaining heir. This means the word Sparta is used at least 0.62 times per minute. In the third battle with the immortals, 3 Spartans are shown killed making the tally 297 out of 300 Spartans. [6] Her first role was Ruth in the show of A Raisin in the Sun. 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