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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Preview
Rated: R Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: 2007-12-21 Starring: Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs. Lovett), Alan Rickman (Judge Turpin), Timothy Spall (Beadle Bamford), Sacha Baron Cohen (Signor Adolfo Pirelli)
Directed by Tim Burton
Produced by John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Richard D. Zanuck
Written by John Logan, Stephen Sondheim
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 Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd." 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 heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again." 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 and Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.  Tim Burton and musicals might seem like an odd combination, but then Sweeney Todd is no ordinary musical. Based on the wonderfully disturbed Broadway play of the same name, Tood brings with it a dark look and a blood-spilling story that’s right up Burton’s alley. Besides, Tim’s no stranger to song and dance numbers. His stop-motions films have been filled with dancing and singing… even if they didn’t involve live actors. For Johnny Depp too, most of his musical experience has been providing voice work. He sang for his character in The Corpse Bride, and it worked well enough. Willy Wonka, for all it’s flaws, had it’s musical pleasures as well. Even so, watching Johnny break into song in the trailers for Sweeney Todd still has an unsettling effect. It’s not that it’s bad, it simply feels wrong. Maybe that’s why the singing has been de-emphasized in so many of the movie’s advertisements. Since it’s Burton and Depp, I’m willing to give them a pass and assume it’ll work better in context. If it doesn’t, there’s still joy to be found in watching Johnny slit throats amongst Burton’s trademark gothic baroque.  
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