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Meet the Spartans

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Release Date: January 25, 2008
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Starring: Sean Maguire, Kevin Sorbo, Carmen Electra, Diedrich Bader, Method Man, Ken Davitian, Jim Piddock, Greg Ellis, Crista Flanagan, Nicole Parker, Emily Wilson
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence)
Official Website: MeettheSpartans.com
Review: 4/10 rating
DVD Review: 6/10 rating
DVD: DVD | Blu-ray Disc (Unrated Pit of Death Edition) | DVD (Unrated Pit of Death Edition)
Movie Poster: View here
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Plot Summary: Regency Enterprises and Twentieth Century Fox invite you to MEET THE SPARTANS, from the new masters of the parody genre - writers-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. After successfully skewering Hollywood's scariest movie (as two of the writers on "Scary Movie"), romantic comedy franchises ("Date Movie"), and Hollywood blockbusters ("Epic Movie"), they now set their sights on "300," as well as on other movies that have become part of our pop culture zeitgeist.

The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing by leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 - count 'em, 13! - Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton...no one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture).

With "Meet the Spartans," Friedberg and Seltzer bring together what they call "the highly stylized and oh-so-cool" world of the Sparta depicted in "300," with a non-stop assault on our media-blitzed pop culture. They set their parodic sights on other blockbuster films, like "Transformers," "Shrek," "Casino Royale," "Spider-Man" and "Happy Feet"; TV reality shows like "American Idol," "Dancing with the Stars," "America's Next Top Model" and "Deal or No Deal"; the video game "Grand Theft Auto," and celebrities Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, Dr. Phil, Tom Cruise, J-Lo, and "Brangelina."

In Friedberg and Seltzer's Sparta, men greet men with a kiss and women with a special handshake. Marching off to war, these heroic 13 warriors skip along, singing "I Will Survive." Their Leonidas battles a "happy-footed" penguin; the hunchback sandman who betrays the Spartans turns out to be Paris Hilton; and the set of "Deal or No Deal" magically appears, replete with the models and their suitcases.

Trailer 1 (10.18.07):
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Trailer 2 (1.18.08):
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TV Spot (1.15.08):
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COMMENTS (16)

Posted by:
dushan
February 14, 2008
my name is dushan.
Posted by:
hassan
February 19, 2008
jghf
Posted by:
OLIVER JENKINS
March 8, 2008
This film look'z funny az i carnt wait 4 it 2 come out. All of tha films it making fun of lookz even funnyer than epic movie lol.

my rate *10/10*
Posted by:
OLIVER JENKINS
March 8, 2008
when does this film acturly come out in tha uk ? plez can u say when ?
Posted by:
stefan
March 9, 2008
when does it come out??
Posted by:
Jose
March 12, 2008
Learn how to friggin' spell...damn.
Posted by:
Harry Read
March 19, 2008
meet the spartans is funny than scary movie 2
Posted by:
stevie
March 19, 2008
jose kiss ma arse
Posted by:
antria chrysanthou
March 22, 2008
good
Posted by:
loulou
March 30, 2008
ive been to see the movie today and it was hilarious! Its a take on god knows how many films and is the first movie to make me laugh like trav pm a while! that in

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