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Meet the Spartans

Meet the Spartans

The bigger the hit, the harder they fall.

20084.11h 24m

Overview

The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen 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!

Directed by Jason Friedberg
Written by Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Produced by Jason Friedberg, Peter Safran, Aaron Seltzer
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $85.9M

Top Cast

Travis Van Winkle

Travis Van Winkle

Sonio

Sean Maguire

Sean Maguire

Leonidas

Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

Queen Margo

Ken Davitian

Ken Davitian

Xerxes

Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo

Hauptmann

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader

Traitoro

Method Man

Method Man

Persian Emissary

Ike Barinholtz

Ike Barinholtz

Dane Cook Look-a-Like / Bond Villain / Prophet

Lauren Walsh

Lauren Walsh

Pretty Girl

Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish

Urban Girl

Themes & Keywords

armydance performancefightqueenpenguinparodyblack holespoofs.a.t.aftercreditsstingerduringcreditsstingerplayfulirreverentfarcicalmockingridiculoussarcastic

About Meet the Spartans

Meet the Spartans is a comedy, fantasy film released in 2008 exploring themes of army, dance performance, fight, queen, penguin, parody. Directed by Jason Friedberg, it stars Travis Van Winkle, Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra. The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen 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!

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