Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Release Date: December 21, 2007
On DVD/VOD: April 1, 2008
1h 56m | Drama, Musical, Thriller
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd." Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter.
When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again." Joining Depp is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies.
The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.
| Director: | Tim Burton |
| Studio: | DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Producer(s): | Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, John Logan, Richard D. Zanuck |
| Cast: | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Bower, Edward Sanders, Laura Kelly |
| Writer(s): | John Logan |
| Official Site: | www.sweeneytoddmovie.com |