Anthony Head

The shooting of this musical is currently interrupted because of the disease of Johnny Depp’s daughter, but it’s scheduled to be released in December 2007.

Regie: Tim Burton
Script: Christopher Bond, John Logan
Music: Stephen Sondheim (Original Score)

Cast:

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Helena Bonham Carter - Mrs. Lovett
Alan Rickman - Judge Turpin
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) - Signor Adolfo Pirelli
Laura Michelle Kelly - Lucy
Timothy Spall - Beatle Bamford
Anthony Head - Ballad Ghost
Jayne Wisener - Johanna

Plot:

Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd, and specifically upon the 1973 play by Christopher Bond, it focuses on Todd, the former Benjamin Barker, who returns from the penal colonies in Australia where he has spent fifteen years on false charges. When he learns from Mrs. Lovett, whose meat pies are the worst in London, that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by Judge Turpin, and his daughter is the ward of Judge Turpin, who imprisoned him, he vows revenge. The two become conspirators in a dastardly plot that results in mass murder, booming business for Lovett’s shop, and ultimately tragedy.