Films with: Miller, Frank

300

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw. When the Greeks did not leave, Xerxes was left with no option and he moved forward. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat would not have happened if not for a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, who defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.

DVD 5037

Frank Miller's Sin City

Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

DVD 3765

Napoleon collection

Three programs that reveal the adventures of Napoleon: Napoleon's obsession looks at his adventure in the desert among the pyramids, the Nile and the temples of Egypt. Napoleon's lost fleet examines events that led to the loss of his fleet when destroyed by Britain's Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The Napoleon murder mystery tells two interwoven tales about his last year on St. Helena in 1821 and the scientific detective work done since 1955 to unlock the secrets of his death.

DVD 6729

Sin city a dame to kill for /

A few of Sin City's most hard-nosed residents cross paths with some of its more reviled occupants.

DVD 10752