Sweeney Todd (UK BD) in May
Warner Home Video have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on 19th May 2008. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd." 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. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again." Joining Depp is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and Timothy Spall as the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.
Arriving day-and-date, exact features are TBC but this Blu-ray Disc is expected to include:
Commentary by Director Tim Burton
Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd (featurette)
Musical Mayhem: Sondheim's Sweeney Todd (featurette)
Sweeney Todd is Alive: The Real History of the Demon Barber (featurette)
Sweeney's London (featurette)
Recreating Fleet Street (featurette)
Grand Guinol: A Theatrical Tradition (featurette)
Sketchbook (storybook sketches featurette)
The artwork suggests we can expect steelbook packaging…