Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 12 21 (USA)

UPC: 097361321547

Studio: Dreamworks Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence]

Summary: Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeny Todd (Depp) returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Subsequently branded "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the frightened community, Todd continues with his murderous exploits with a little assistance from his amorous accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (Bonham Carter) -- whose popular meat pies secretly have a most unsavory ingredient. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Musical

Awards: Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Director – National Board of Review Best Production Design – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Picture – New York Film Critics Online Best Art Direction – Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Best Picture – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Actor – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Acting Ensemble – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Director – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Young Actor – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Director – null Best Director – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Score – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Picture – African American Film Critics Best Costume Design – Las Vegas Film Critics Association Best Picture – Las Vegas Film Critics Association Best Production Design – Phoenix Film Critics Association Best Costume Design – Phoenix Film Critics Association Best Young Actor – Phoenix Film Critics Association Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film – Kansas City Film Critics Association Best Art Direction in a Period Film – Art Directors Guild Best Picture – Ohio Film Critics Best Costume Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Makeup and Hair – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Youth in Film Award - Male – Las Vegas Film Critics Association

Features: cc
Disc One:
Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd: A behind-the-scenes look at the collaboration of Tim Burton with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter featuring exclusive footage from rehearsals, recording session and more!

Disc Two:
Sweeney Todd Is Alive: The Real History of the Demon Barber
Music Mayhem: Sondheim's Sweeney Todd
Sweeney's London
The making of Sweeney Todd
Grand Guignol: A theatrical tradition
Designs for a Demon Barber
A bloody business
Moviefone unscripted with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/01/2008

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Feature Film
1. Chapter 1 [3:28]
2. Chapter 2 [5:09]
3. Chapter 3 [3:10]
4. Chapter 4 [4:46]
5. Chapter 5 [4:58]
6. Chapter 6 [2:31]
7. Chapter 7 [:56]
8. Chapter 8 [4:55]
9. Chapter 9 [4:51]
10. Chapter 10 [4:37]
11. Chapter 11 [5:33]
12. Chapter 12 [6:08]
13. Chapter 13 [4:55]
14. Chapter 14 [5:27]
15. Chapter 15 [3:33]
16. Chapter 16 [5:49]
17. Chapter 17 [8:03]
18. Chapter 18 [2:38]
19. Chapter 19 [6:36]
20. Chapter 20 [6:11]
21. Chapter 21 [7:55]
22. Chapter 22 [3:34]
23. Chapter 23 [5:35]
24. Chapter 24 [4:38]

Derek Armstrong

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street split audiences like its title character splits jugular veins. Some embraced Tim Burton's dark vision for the material, as well as Stephen Sondheim's songs -- so much so that it won two Golden Globes (for Johnny Depp's performance and best musical/comedy) and one Oscar (for its art direction). Others thought the film continued Burton's descent into his own increasingly narrow world view, showcasing his reliance on the same collaborators (Depp and Helena Bonham Carter) and the same type of gnarled cityscapes and murky production values. With such sharp disagreement about the quality of the film, a person's own Burton biases may help determine his or her feelings about it. What's beyond dispute is that Burton commits to grisly violence like never before. Even in a movie in which beheadings were the standard (Sleepy Hollow), there was never this much blood and this many dead bodies. Like almost everything else in the film, even the blood is some shade of brown or black. It's clearly a conscious effort on Burton's part to be so unremittingly dreary, but it may turn off viewers seeking color -- which they get only during a day at the beach for Todd and Mrs. Lovett. Set apart stylistically from the rest of the film, this sequence may have unintended consequences -- it may make audiences miss the Burton they once knew, who regularly saturated his films (Beetlejuice, Big Fish) with color. Without color, this bloody film is frequently bloodless, and always misanthropic to the nth degree. Depp and Bonham Carter hold their own on the singing, and Burton's vision of London is fully realized, if not entirely original. Then again, the biggest complaint about Sweeney Todd is not that Burton is stealing from others; rather, he's stealing from himself. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Tim Burton  Director 
Patrick McCormick  Executive Producer 
Walter Parkes  Producer 
Stephen Sondheim  Composer (Music Score) 
Richard D. Zanuck  Producer 
Laurie MacDonald  Producer 
John Logan  Producer 
John Logan  Screenwriter 
Johnny Depp  Actor 
Helena Bonham Carter  Actor 
Alan Rickman  Actor 
Timothy Spall  Actor 
Sacha Baron Cohen  Actor 
Jamie Campbell Bower  Actor 
Edward Sanders  Actor 
Laura Michelle Kelly  Actor 
Jayne Wisener  Actor 

Country: USA