Sweeney Todd : the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Call Number: Blu-ray Musical Sweeney
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Videodisc release of the 2007 motion picture.
Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler and the musical adaptation by Christopher Bond.
Special features: commentary by Tim Burton; "Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd" featurette; Sweeney Todd press conference ; Sweeney Toddy is alive: The real history of the Demon Barber; Musical mayhem: Sondheim's Sweeney Todd; Sweeney's London; The making of Sweeney Todd; Grand Guignol: a theatrical tradition; Designs for Demon Barber; A bloody business; Moviefone unscripted with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton; The razor's refrain; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
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.
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.
Blu-ray Disc, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, widescreen.
This is a Blu-ray disc and will not play in a standard DVD player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Over the top gore, stylized, interesting submitted by cherylo on August 2, 2011, 9:03pm Bloody to the point of caricature, this somewhat abridged version of Sondheim's play of the same name is an interesting version. The performances are uniformly great, if stylized at times, and I especially appreciated Sacha Baren Cohen (Of Borat fame) as a rival barber. For those into this sort of thing, you will love it, and if making a (sick) joke out of unbearable tragedy is not your thing, neither is this.

Sweeney Todd submitted by SBNB on June 21, 2019, 10:26am This was a weird, weird movie. I watched it once a long time ago, and I don’t need to watch it again.

Good, buy gory, musical submitted by Xris on June 29, 2019, 6:00pm It was a bit on the overly gory side, but Tim Burton does good films. I see what other people like in it. And I love the actors that are the main characters in this musical. Nice to hear them singing and doing a good job!

Sweeney Todd : the Demon Barber of Fleet Street submitted by lstorc on July 7, 2019, 11:11pm The vocals were atrocious. Watching it on mute with subtitles is the best way to watch it.

An unfortunate filming of a great musical. submitted by lisa on July 18, 2019, 5:02pm The musical, as originally produced, had humor and pathos. This film goes for weird too much. And I say that as a proud weirdo from way back.