Hollywood, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2008]
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- Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
- DVD Region 1, widescreen Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- In English dubbed in French or Spanish optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.
- 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.
- Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski editor, Chris Lebenzon music and lyrics, Stephen Sondheim costume designer, Colleen Atwood production designer, Dante Ferretti visual effects supervisor, Chas Jarrett.
- Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler and the musical adaptation by Christopher Bond.
- MPAA rating: R graphic bloody violence.
- Special features: Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd featurette Sweeney Todd is alive: the real history of The Demon Barber musical mayhem: Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd Sweeney’s London Grand Guignot: a theatrical tradition designs for a Demon Barber a bloody business unscripted with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp a conversation with Tim Burton Razor’s refrain.
- 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.
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