SWEENEY TODD:
THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
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Possibly the oldest Slasher Horror story around is the legend of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The story has been scaring children and creeping out adults in London for over a century. The original story, THE STRING OF PEARLS, was closer to the madman who was utterly evil and had no good reason for killing anyone other than to rob them and he just liked killing folks - and eating them. In modern times, Sweeney has been made into a tragic figure, yet his popularity among audiences hasn't waned. But was he real?

Was he ever! Okay, but was the real Sweeney Todd like the modern Sweeney Todd of stage and screen? In a word, no. In more words, check out the links below!

SWEENEY TODD: There Will Be VFX
By Tara DiLullo Bennett
See how Sweeney Todd makes a bloody good time out of a stylized shadowy London.

If ever there were a musical tailor-made for the twisted, Goth-inclined tastes of director Tim Burton, then surely it would be Stephen Sondheim's equally dark and twisted musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Continued at VFXWorld.com.

ATTEND THE TALE: 'Sweeney Todd' Exclusive with Alan Rickman
By Nick Hutson
On a cold, drizzly day (somewhat suitable, one might say) at the Claridge's Hotel, there was a feeling of excitement in the air that you could cut with a knife as the cast and creative team of the highly-anticipated new movie-musical Sweeney Todd crowded a press junket in London.
Continued at Baltimore.Broadwayworld.com.

JOHNNY DEPP & TIM BURTON INTERVIEW, SWEENEY TODD
In NY Tim Burton and Johnny Depp sat down to talk Sweeney Todd and courtesy of Paramount we have that interview for your viewing pleasure. We thank Paramount for letting us be apart of the press coverage for the event. JOHNNY DEPP and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” DEPP stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter.
Continued at MoviesOnline.ca.

So you want to ask Johnny Depp or Tim Burton a question? Well who's stopping you?
Cinematical.com

Visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site.

The convoluted evolution of Sweeney Todd.

From CrimeLibrary.com -
In the introduction to Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, playwright Christopher Bond begins by telling readers "Sweeney Todd is pure fiction." For two centuries theater-goers and penny dreadful fans have been thrilled with the exploits of Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber who dispatched his customers with a flick of the razor and then had his lover serve up the remains in a tasty meat pie, but few gave much thought to whether or not it was a true story.
Continued at CrimeLibrary.com, Sweeney Todd: Man or Myth?

Sweeney Todd the concert?

The Sweeney Todd tour!

From Stephen Sondheim -
Based on Christopher Bond's retelling of the Victorian pennydreadful The String of Pearls, (which was itself a retelling of a British myth, possibly rooted in truth) this musical (with a book by Hugh Wheeler) tells the tale of Sweeney Todd, a murderous barber, and his partner in crime, Nellie Lovett, a baker who disposes of the bodies by baking them into her pies.
Continued at Sondheim.com/shows/ SweenyTodd

RIP, the Broadway Play.

About Sweeney Todd the play.

From BBC -
Life on the harsh streets of London in 1765 is not for the faint-hearted and only the fittest survive. Living in the shadow of Newgate Prison, Sweeney Todd tries to carve out a quiet and simple life as a barber.
Continued at Sweeney Todd the BBC drama.

Sweeney has his own MySpace?

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And the third movie to round out the disc collection: EXORCIST V: THE DEMON BARBER

JOHNNY DEPP CUTTING LOOSE IN "SWEENEY TODD"
From Steve Daly and EW
If you thought Pirates of the Caribbean's Capt. Jack Sparrow was strange, just wait until you see Johnny Depp's next movie. As Sweeney Todd, in Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical (opening Dec. 21), the actor summons all sorts of dark energy to play a singing, murderous London barber. ''He makes Sid Vicious look like the innocent paper boy,'' Depp says. ''He's beyond dark. He's already dead. He's been dead for years.'' EW caught up with the star to talk about the role, what it was like performing opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen, why he hates watching himself on screen, and — aaaargh! — how it feels to be an attraction at Disneyland.
Continued at EW.com

Is Johnny Depp a great actor, Director, and Humanitarian? Just ask the folks at JohnnyDepp.com!

A smattering of Johnny Depp fansites -
JohnnyDeppFan.com
JohnnyDeppWeb.com
Johnny-Depp.org
Depp.ca
J-Depp.com
DeppImpact.com

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Tim Burton tattles on his 'Sweeney Todd'
From Tom O'Neill and LA Times
"There are 26 songs in it. It's like 70 to 75 percent singing and 80 or 90 percent music — more like 90 percent," Tim Burton told The Envelope backstage at Lincoln Center just moments before 17 minutes of "Sweeney Todd" were previewed to an audience for the first time, thus dismissing the rumor that he dumped much of the beloved music of the Broadway classic while adapting it to screen.
Continued at LATimes.com

And finally, the Wikipedia page on Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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