Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Role: Judge Turpin
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: John Logan (screenplay); Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler (musical); Christopher Bond (musical adaptation)
Genre: Drama/Horror/Musical/Thriller
Tagline: “Never forget. Never forgive.”
Runtime: 116 minutes
Release Date: 21 December 2007 (USA)
MPAA Rating: R

Noteable Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall, Sasha Baron Cohen

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy committed suicide with arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.

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Quotes

Sweeney Todd: I can guarantee the closest shave you’ll ever know.

Judge Turpin: [as he sentences boy prisoner] May the Lord have mercy on your soul.

Johanna: If I cannot fly, let me sing…

Mrs. Lovett: I was only thinking of you.

Filming Locations

England, UK: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

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