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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Movie Preview

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From Rebecca Murray, About.com

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Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter star in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Johnny Depp reunites with one of his favorite filmmakers, Tim Burton, for the film adaptation of the hit Broadway show, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This one had me at Depp and Burton, but that's not all Sweeney Todd has going for it. Burton cast his lovely partner Helena Bonham Carter in one of the leads along with Borat himself - Sacha Baron Cohen. Just picturing the group together in the R-rated musical makes me practically giddy (and I'm not known for being prone to giddiness).

Wondering about that R-rating and whether this is one to take the kiddies to who loved Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow? Sweeney Todd earned that R for 'graphic bloody violence'. That should answer that.

The Story
Depp stars as Sweeney Todd, a man sent to prison unjustly and who seeks revenge once he's free from jail. Transforming into the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd dispatches those who've done wrong with the help of Mrs Lovett (Bonham Carter), an accomplice skilled at cooking up meat pies...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street hopes to cut its way through the competition on December 21, 2007.

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