''United 300'' is an American short film that parodies '' United 93'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2007). It won the MTV Movie Spoof Award at the MTV Movie Awards 2007. The short was created by Andy Signore along with some of his friends. During his speech, he said, roughly, "The film was not making fun of a tragedy; it was a tribute to those who stood up against tyranny".Award ceremony video
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Synopsis

The film is about the 300 Spartans defending the passengers against

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terrorists. The Spartans defend the entryway to the cockpit of the plane in a parallel to how the Spartans in ''300'' defended the narrow pass of Thermopylae. In between fighting, the terrorists' emperor Jerxes (wearing the same costume as Xerxes in ''300'') holds audience with Leonidas while sitting on his "throne" (the plane lavatory's toilet). Jerxes criticizes Gerard Butler's performance as Leonidas in ''300'', by asking the Spartan King why he has to shout ''all'' of his dialogue, and pointing out that if he shouts less, the times when he ''does'' shout will have more dramatic impact. Leonidas responds to this by declaring "I'm not yelling, I'm just passionate!" Leonidas also threatens to take the plane down, to which Jerxes warns "We'll be forced to land in Ohio!" Leonidas responds, "Then tonight, we dine in Cleveland!" At one point, turbulence causes the plane's captain to turn on the "wear seatbelts" sign, which both sides observe and leads to a pause in the fighting, glaring awkwardly at each other from their seats. Once the turbulence passes the fight erupts again. At the end, Jerxes proclaims "This is madness!" and is kicked out of the plane's airlock. Leonidas responds, "This is United!"

Cast

* Scott Burn as King Leonidas * Ken Gamble as Jerxes, terrorist emperor * Ceilidh Lamont as the Stewardess *Larry Butler as the Pilot * Jorg Sirtl as Hans, terrorist commander * Victor Fischbarg as Lars, terrorist * Bill Eegle as unnamed bald terrorist * Mikel Porter as unnamed terrorist who gets speared first

Spartans

*Chris Bradley *Ryan Caldwell *Shaun Gomez as Ajax *Art Green *Bob MacColl *Travis McElory *Brad Morriston * Guy M. Nardulli *Micah Nauman *Rama *Geoff Stirling *John Theodore as bandaged Spartan *Jeff Victor *Sigmound Watkins

Passengers

*Dave Bell *Alphounse Boulanger as older passenger *Ahren Boulanger *Sharon Cottrell *Daniel Hartley *Miranda Signore

References

External links

* 2007 films Films set on airplanes 2000s parody films American aviation films 2007 black comedy films 2007 short films Cultural depictions of Leonidas I 2007 comedy films American black comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{short-film-stub