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Sweeney Todd

Additional authors: Logan, John, -- 1961- | MacDonald, Laurie. | Parkes, Walter F. | Zanuck, Richard D. | Burton, Tim, -- 1958- | Depp, Johnny. | Bonham Carter, Helena, -- 1966- | Rickman, Alan. | Spall, Timothy, -- 1957- | Baron Cohen, Sacha, -- 1971- | Wisener, Jayne. | Bower, Jamie Campbell. | Kelly, Laura Michelle. | Sanders, Ed, -- 1993- | Head, Anthony Stewart, -- 1954- | Bowles, Peter, -- 1936- | Bond, C. G. -- 1945- | Sondheim, Stephen. | Wheeler, Hugh, -- 1912-1987. | Dreamworks Pictures. | Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) | Zanuck Company. | DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Edition statement:Widescreen format (1.85:1); 2-disc special ed. Published by : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, (Hollywood, Calif. :) Physical details: 2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:1415738920; 9781415738924.
Subject(s): Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) | Barbers -- England -- London | Serial murderers | Ex-convicts -- Psychology | Judicial error | Revenge | Cannibalism | Meat grinders | Man-woman relationships | Fathers and daughters | Prisoners' families | Children of prisoners | Barberia -- Inglaterra -- London | Delitos -- Inglaterra -- London | Fleet Street (London, England) | Slasher | Musical | Thriller | Feature films. | Horror films. | Musical films. | Suspense films. | Feature films. | Thrillers (Motion pictures) | Horror films. | Musical films. | Film adaptations. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Fiction films.
Year: 2008
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Based on the musical : Sweeney Todd / by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler and the musical adaptation by Christopher Bond.

Special features (disc 1): "Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd" making-of featurette (26 min.).

Special features (disc 2): "Sweeney Todd press conference" (20 min.); "Sweeney is alive: the real history of the demon barber" fact and fiction featurette (20 min.); "Musical mayhem: Sondheim's Sweeney Todd" (12 min.); "Sweeney's London" historical featurette (16 min.); "The making of Sweeney Todd" (25 min.); "Grand Guignol: a theatrical tradition" horror theater featurette (20 min.); "Designs for a Demon Barber" production short (8 min.); "A bloody business" effects, makeup, and prosthetics short (9 min.); "Moviefone unscripted with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp" interview (12 min.); "The razor's refrain" song with production stills montage (9 min.); photo gallery; theatrical trailer (3 min.).

Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jayne Wisener, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Ed Sanders, Anthony Head, Peter Bowles.

A musical adaptation of the story of Sweeney Todd, a man sent to prison 15 years earlier, who returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin. Returning to his old neighborhood with his old life destroyed, he opens a barber shop as the instrument of his plot. With the help of his new and amorous accomplice Mrs. Lovett, owner of the downstairs pie shop and in need of better ingredients, Todd works his way through his list of enemies.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.