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Plot:
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.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Dreamworks Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co:
Parkes / MacDonald Production
Zanuck Company
Release Date:
December 21, 2007
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Stephen Sondheim (musical composer)
en.wikipedia.org
MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/sweeneytoddmovie
International Site - UK
wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/sweeneytodd
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