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Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street / DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Parkes/MacDonald production ; a Zanuck Company production ; a Tim Burton film ; produced by Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay by John Logan ; directed by Tim Burton.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987, author.
Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- author.
Contributor:
Parkes, Walter F., producer.
Logan, John, 1961- producer, screenwriter.
MacDonald, Laurie, producer.
Zanuck, Richard D., producer.
Burton, Tim, 1958- director.
Depp, Johnny, actor.
Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor.
Rickman, Alan, actor.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Baron Cohen, Sacha, 1971- actor.
Wisener, Jayne, actor.
Bower, Jamie Campbell, actor.
Kelly, Laura Michelle, actor.
Sanders, Ed, 1993- actor.
Sondheim, Stephen, composer.
DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), producer.
Parkes/MacDonald Productions, producer.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), producer.
Zanuck Company, producer.
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Sondheim, Stephen--Film adaptations.
Sondheim, Stephen.
Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character)--Drama.
Barbers--England--London--Drama.
Serial murderers--England--London--Drama.
Revenge--Drama.
Revenge.
Meat grinders.
Serial murderers.
Barbers.
Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character).
England--London.
Meat grinders--England--London--Drama.
Fleet Street (London, England)--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Slasher films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musicals.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen.
Other Title:
Demon barber of Fleet Street
Place of Publication:
Universal City, Calif. : Dreamworks Home Entertainment, [2008]
Language Note:
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC ; Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's amorous accomplice who creates diabolical meat pies out of the remains of Mr. Todd's victims.
Participant:
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener, Edward Sanders, [Anthony Head, Peter Bowles].
Credits:
Music and lyrics, Stephen Sondheim ; music supervised and conducted by Paul Gemignani ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Dante Ferretti.
Notes:
Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond.
DVD release of the 2007 motion picture.
Special feature: "Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd" featurette (ca. 26 min.)
Golden Globes, 2008: Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (Depp)
ISBN:
1415738912
9781415738917
OCLC:
214322696
Publisher Number:
097363500643
35006 Dreamworks Home Entertainment

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