Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jayne Wisener, Ed Sanders, Laura Michelle Kelly, Peter Bowles, Anthony Head, Ian Burford

Director: Tim Burton

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Release date: December 21st, 2007

Synopsis:

Follows Benjamin Barker alias Sweeney Todd, (Depp) who returns to London after being deported to find out what happened to his wife and child at the hands of Judge Turpin. When he learns of their terrible fate he joins fortunes with Mrs. Nellie Lovett, the baker downstairs from his barbershop, and sets out to seek revenge.

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