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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, based on the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, which in turn is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond.
Dec 21, 2007 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Directed by Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall. The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with ...
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- Drama, Horror, Musical
- Tim Burton
- 2007-12-21
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Based on true events, this darkly comic musical tale tells the story of London barber Benjamin Barker (Depp, in an Oscar-nominated performance) who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs Lovett (...
Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit.
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- Tim Burton
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- Johnny Depp
Dec 21, 2007 · Directed by Tim Burton. Crime, Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller. R. 1h 56m. By A.O. Scott. Dec. 21, 2007. Tim Burton makes fantasy movies. Stephen Sondheim writes musicals. It is hard to think of...
He races through the streets to his former barbershop, where the landlady is still the dark-eyed beauty Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who sells the worst meat pies in London. She tells him about the fate of his family. He moves upstairs to his former shop, now a ruin, changes his name to Sweeney Todd and sets up in business again.
