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DVD : Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Edward Sanders, Timothy Spall directed by: Tim Burton  List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $22.99 You Save: $12.00 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: DEPP,JOHNNY EAN: 0097361321547 Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Dreamworks Video Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Dreamworks Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 01, 2008 Running Time: 116 minutes Studio: Dreamworks Video Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2007 Sales Rank: 1089 MPN: 097361321547 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Genre: Musicals Rating: R Release Date: 1-APR-2008 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com: After years of rumors, it turns out that Tim Burton was the perfect visionary to film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway masterpiece, and the result is a macabre and moving musical movie as enthralling as anything Burton has ever done. The show's mix of gothic horror, Grand Guignol, very dark humor, and witty and beautiful music never was the stuff of traditional musical comedy, but it's a powerful work, and perhaps the richest of the late 20th century. In the movie, Burton's frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp, plays Todd, a wronged man whose lust for revenge drives him to murder (an 19th-century legend who has been traced to a real-life barber). Helena Bonham Carter, another Burton mainstay, is Mrs. Lovett, the barber's partner-in-unspeakable-crime. It's no surprise that Depp is an excellent choice to convey Todd's brooding intensity and volcanic rage, but he can also sing a score that is so challenging it has often played in opera houses (though not with the same style as the Broadway original, Len Cariou, and he occasionally lapses into pop style). Bonham Carter is small of voice and lacks the humor of the original Broadway Lovett, Angela Lansbury, but she sings on pitch, in rhythm, and in character at the same time, which is no small feat for a Sondheim show. Aficionados will regret the loss of certain musical passages--"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is just an instrumental overture and the chorus is gone altogether, among others--but the reassuring presence of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and conductor Paul Gemignani ensures that the music feels right and sounds great. And the film's depiction of a Victorian London hellhole--with cinematography by Dariusz Wolski and costumes by Colleen Atwood--also looks and feels right. The excellent cast is filled out by Alan Rickman as the villainous Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall as his seedy Beadle, Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) as a rival barber, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young lover Anthony, Jayne Wisener as his object of affection, and Ed Sanders as the young Toby. For fans of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who don't think they like musicals, Sweeney Todd should be a revelation (though not for the squeamish, as the gore is intense and completely appropriate). For fans of Broadway and Sondheim, it's hard to imagine getting a better adaptation than this. The fact that there's no newly composed Oscar-bait song sung by a Josh Groban-type over the end credits only makes it better. --David Horiuchi Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Gorgeous - but disappointing storytellingThe desaturated Gothic graphics are stunning. Which they should be, since Tim Burton's been honing his ability to portray them for fifteen years. Perhaps he should try sepia tones instead of desaturation for his next film. The performances were good - but there were two tragic flaws that kept this from being a good film. The first was the plotting. Although this is supposedly a story about Mr. Todd, his character is stagnant, an iconic force of revenge. All of his change has already ... Read More Rating:  - Love The Movie But The DVD ....I'm a huge Johnny Depp fan & I had to replace my old copy of Sweeney Todd. So I purchased a new copy. In the description it said DVD was brand new & when I recieved the DVD it was in wrap but the DVD it self had scratches. When I played the DVD it skipped about three times. Thank God I have a DVD scratch cleaner if not I would have sent it back. Shipping was very fast also. Rating: - Not as good as the Broadway versionI suspect that most reviewers who gave this movie five stars have not seen the other version of Sweeney Todd -- the version starring George Hearn and Angela Lansbury. Here:Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway) (Keepcase) or here: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway) (Snap Case) The movie sets are terrific, as is the instrumental music and the direction, but neither Johnny Depp nor Helena Bonham Carter can sing as well as Hearn or Lansbury. This ... Read More Rating:  - My most favorite musical ever!I have seen the original many times and was intriuged with the choices of who was chosen for the roles. And I wasn't dissapointed! Depp sings with and passion and has a gravel that gives him an edge and feeling that is hard to put a finger on. Carter had a sad and more desperate sound to her singing that Angela did. In fact the whole musical movie was filmed with a more serious note than the original was acted. I prefer Toby, Anthony, and Johanna in the movie a hundred times over the ... Read More Rating: - Johnny Depp is Awesome!!!!!Sweeney Todd is an excellent movie! Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors and he didn't disappoint in this movie. He is so believably frightening as the demon barber. Tim Burton once again gave us a classic!!!! Browse for similar items by category:
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