Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton reteam following their worldwide blockbuster Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to bring a Broadway masterpiece to the big screen - Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Based on true events, this darkly comic musical tale tells the story of a London barber, Benjamin Barker who is unjustly sentenced to a prison term in Australia by a judge who covets Barker's wife. When Barker returns to England, he takes up his former profession, using the name Sweeney Todd - and murders all who dare sit in his barbers chair! Now, while Sweeney faces the problem of accumulating corpses, a local businesswoman finds a novel and enterprising use for the bodies . . .a bloody gruesome business that profits them both!