Tim Burton brings his trademark sense of dark whimsy to this stage-to-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical. Johnny Depp reteams with the director to play the titular Demon Barber of Fleet Street, with Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Sacha Baron Cohen as his co-stars.
Product Identifiers
Producer
John Logan, Laurie Macdonald, Walter F. Parkes, Richard D. Zanuck
EAN
7321900211253
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64374082
Product Key Features
Actor
Timothy Spall, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen
Film/TV Title
Sweeney Todd-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Director
Tim Burton
Release Year
2008
Format
Blu-ray
Language
English
Genre
Musicals & Music Films, Musicals & Broadway
Run Time
112 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
18
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Number of Discs
1
Composer
Stephen Sondheim
Lyricist
Stephen Sondheim
Production Designer
Dante Ferretti
Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy 2008 -, Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy 2008 -
Reviews
New York Times - Sweeney Todd is as much a horror film as a musical. It is also something close to a masterpiece, Newsweek - The performances are pitched at just the right scale: theatrically exaggerated but untainted by 'Broadway' bombast. Who knew Burton would have such an uncanny feel for how to film a musical?, Rolling Stone - Sweeney Todd is a thriller-diller from start to finish: scary, monstrously funny and melodically thrilling. And Depp is simply stupendous, Daily Mail - A bleedin' masterpiece, Hollywood Reporter - The show couldn't have fallen into better hands., Variety - This represents one happy instance of a film made by a director without stage experience that genuinely serves the intentions of the original piece