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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 · 99+ Photos. Tragedy Drama Horror Musical Thriller. 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 his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Director.
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- Drama, Horror, Musical
- Tim Burton
- 2007-12-21
Oct 7, 2007 · Sweeney Todd marks the first time Johnny Depp has sung publicly. Sweeney Todd composer, Stephen Sondheim was reluctant to hand over the rights to this dark musical, but allowed director Tim Burton to make it into a movie on the condition that he retained casting approval.
- Tim Burton
- 2 min
Sep 12, 1982 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Directed by Terry Hughes. With Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods. Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
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- Drama, Horror, Musical
- Terry Hughes
- 1982-09-12
Dec 21, 2007 · The original musical by Sondheim is a masterpiece whose musical structure portrays Sweeney's carefully controlled rage slipping inch by inch, devolving into a nihilistic rampage that ends...
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- Johnny Depp
Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is a musical horror movie based on the stage play of the same name. Johnny Depp stars as the titular barber, who teams up with baker Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) to seek revenge against those who wronged him. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Sweeney Todd has always been ...
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Aug 21, 2007 · Sweeney Todd, if you’re unfamiliar, is the latest adaptation of the classic Sondheim musical about a most unusual barber. From the synopsis: JOHNNY DEPP and Tim Burton join forces again in a...
