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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Rating:R (for graphic bloody violence)
Genre:Musical, Suspense/Thriller, Drama
Release Date:December 21, 2007
Running time:116 minutes
Cast:Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Christopher Lee
Director:Tim Burton
Producer:Richard D. Zanuck, Walter Parkes
Writer:Christopher Bond, John Logan
Distributor:Dreamworks/Paramount Studios

Description: Unjustly sent to prison, a man 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, he becomes Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who "shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again." Sweeney's amorous accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, creates diabolical meat pies.

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