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Aka: Sweeney Todd
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 Johan...
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na. 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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Benjamin Barker komt door toedoen van Judge Turpin onterecht in de gevangenis. Na zijn gevangenschap zint hij op wraak en besluit hij een partner in zijn plan te betrekken: Miss Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter). Barker begint een kapperszaak boven de pasteiwinkel van Miss Lovett. Samen rekenen ze af met de vijanden van Barker, die zich Sweeney Todd laat noemen.
Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeny Todd (Depp) returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Subsequently branded "The ...
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Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the frightened community, Todd continues with his murderous exploits with a little assistance from his amorous accomplice Mrs. Lovett (Bonham Carter) -- whose popular meat pies are proven to have a most unsavory ingredient.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street News Articles
The Golden Globes are a bit of a silly ceremony and that's part of what makes them so fun. They used to have a modicum of influence over the Oscar nominations, but then deadlines were changed and now it's just a fluffy ceremony where celebrities eat, drink, be merry, and receive recognition for performances and programs that will never be touched by the Emmys and the Oscars. There's some freedom to that and so we can cheer when The Hangover wins Best Comedy/Musical or Johnny Depp wins Best Actor for Sweeney Todd by virtue of being Johnny Depp . And all of tonight will be made better by having Ricky Gervais as our host. Click here for a list of the nominees and hit the jump for my on-going live-blog and be sure to keep refreshing the page for my comments. You can also follow me on Twitter for more Globes commentary.
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