Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower
Screenwriter: John Logan
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan
Composer: Stephen Sondheim
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 1, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case - 2-Disc Set - Sensormatic Packaging
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitled - French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Featurettes - 1. BURTON + DEPP + CARTER = TODD
- 2. SWEENEY TODD Press Conference, November 2007
- 3. SWEENEY TODD IS ALIVE: THE REAL HISTORY OF THE DEMON BARBER
- 4. MUSICAL MAYHEM: SONDHEIM'S SWEENEY TODD
- 5. SWEENEY'S LONDON
- 6. THE MAKING OF SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
- 7. GRAND GUIGNOL: A THEATRICAL TRADITION
- 8. DESIGNS FOR A DEMON BARBER
- 9. A BLOODY BUSINESS
- 10. THE RAZOR'S REFRAIN
- Production Interviews - Tim Burton - Director, Johnny Depp - Star
- Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Photo Gallery
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Reviews
Another bizarre and beautiful excursion courtesy of one of Hollywood's most creative minds.
Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham-Carter have made so many films together that they're starting to resemble each other.
We all knew Johnny Depp could act. The brilliantly imagined Sweeney Todd shows he can sing, too.
The most accomplished almost-remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari since the passing of the silent era.
Depp as the malevolent, pasty faced serenading barber chopping away at assorted customer throats while in razor rage meltdown, can't seem to carry a tune quite as impressively as a deadly weapon. Could bring beards back into fashion in a jiffy.
The difference here is that film audiences are used to blood. So some of the chilling effect is lost...
Musical-haters don't have to endure glorious kicklines (Hairspray) and opera lovers can focus on the leads' close-ups. If someone sees the movie and then goes to see a stage production, the enormity of this play will blow their brains open.
Un musical soporífero y sangriento que parecía ideal para la macabra imaginación de Tim Burton, pero que resulta una verdadera decepción.
H panemorfi apeikonisi toy heiroteroy Londinoy tis istorias toy ap' ton Tim Burton, ap' to ena mati mpainei ki ap' to allo bgainei, prosferontas mpoliki ikanopoiisi tin ora poy ksediplonetai, alla elahista na pareis mazi soy ekso ap' tin aithoysa.
Resume perfeitamente as principais qualidades e os maiores defeitos de Tim Burton.
Tim Burton takes his trademarks and destroys one of theater's great musicals.
With a great supporting cast and some killer (pardon the pun) musical numbers, this is award winning stuff.
Burton and Depp again prove to be a marvelous combination in this gory yet glorious adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical. When was the last time you winced and became misty-eyed in the same movie?
Burton’s best film since Ed Wood will come in handy for anyone in need of something for the weekend.
Gruesomely satisfying, fans of both Burton and Sondheim are equally liable to be pleased with this marvelous meeting of minds. If the film sags a little at times, its technical prowess and superlative cast ensure we don't dwell on this for too long.
A grimy concoction from Hell's own kitchen, laced with black humour and seasoned with hauntingly beautiful music. Tuck in.
A thoughtful, sincere and moving film, buttressed by a fine, central performance by an actor at the top of his form.
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