300
In the Battle of Thermopylae battle, King Leonidas and his small brigade of 300 Spartans fought the Xerxes and his Achaemenid Empire. Spartan discipline and education were extremely strict and focused on values of bravery and physical shape.
300
Proof of that bravery can be found in Leonides’s line “come and get them” as he teases his rivals to fight his army and take his soldiers’ weapons. That line was actually said by Leonides according to Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.
Amistad
The Amistad was a real ship that was meant to ship kidnapped Mende tribesmen from Sierra Leon to be sold as slaves. The film depicts how the captive people took over the ship by the shores of Cuba. They were eventually captured by an American revenue cutter.
Amistad
The film has a long line of big names and professionals who have worked on it. Playing the main roles are Morgan Freeman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Matthew McConaughey. They were all directed by Steven Spielberg.
