Based on the Broadway musical with music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler; originally staged by Harold Prince. From
an adaptation by Christopher Bond, screenplay by John Logan. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen
adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street…
"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 faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard
of again,'" state press notes. "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, Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford
and Sacha Baron Cohen as a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli."
For limited national release December 21, 2007 and wide
January 11, 2008.
Photos courtesy SweeneyToddMovie.com: Jamie Campbell-Bower (Anthony); Jamie-Campbell-Bower and Johnny Depp (Sweeney)
