Rating: R
Genre: Musical
Theatrical Release: 12/21/2007(USA)
Release Date: 10/21/2008
Flags: Graphic Violence
Distributor/Studio: Dreamworks Video

Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeny Todd (Depp) returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Subsequently branded "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the frightened community, Todd continues with his murderous exploits with a little assistance from his amorous accomplice Mrs. Lovett (Bonham Carter) -- whose popular meat pies are proven to have a most unsavory ingredient.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Helena Bonham Carter - Mrs. Nellie Lovett
Alan Rickman - Judge Turpin
Timothy Spall - Beadle Bamford
Sacha Baron Cohen - Adolfo Pirelli
Jamie Campbell Bower - Anthony Hope
Edward Sanders - Toby
Laura Michelle Kelly - Beggar Woman
Jayne Wisener - Johanna

Production:
Tim Burton - Director
Walter Parkes Richard D. Zanuck Laurie MacDonald John Logan - Producer
Katterli A. Frauenfelder - Co Producer
Stephen Sondheim - Composer
Chris Lebenzon - Editor
John Logan - Screen Writer
David Warren - Art Director
Derek Frey - Associate Producer
Susie Figgis - Casting
Francesca Jaynes - Choreography
Dariusz Wolski - Cinematographer
Colleen Atwood - Costume Designer
Patrick McCormick - Executive Producer
Katterli A. Frauenfelder - First Assistant Director
Hugh Wheeler - From Musical by
Stephen Sondheim - From Musical by
Peter Owen - Hair Styles
Stephen Sondheim - Lyricist
Peter Owen - Makeup
Michael Higham - Musical Direction/Supervision
Dante Ferretti - Production Designer
Michael Semanick - Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Johnson - Re-Recording Mixer
Francesca Lo Schiavo - Set Decorator
Steve Boeddeker - Sound/Sound Designer
Tony Dawe - Sound/Sound Designer
Joss Williams - Special Effects Supervisor
Garry Freeman - Supervising Art Director
David Evans - Supervising Sound Editor
Joss Williams - Visual Effects
Moving Picture Company - Visual Effects
Chas Jarrett - Visual Effects Supervisor
Christopher Bond - Play Author

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