December 3, 2007 (New York City)
December 21, 2007 (United States)
January 25, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name. The film retells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), processes their corpses into meat pies.
Having been struck by the cinematic qualities of Sondheim's musical while still a student, Burton had entertained the notion of a film version since the early 1980s. However, it was not until 2006 that he had the opportunity to realize this ambition, when DreamWorks announced his appointment as replacement for director Sam Mendes, who had been working on such an adaptation. Sondheim, although not directly involved, was extensively consulted during production. Depp, not known for his singing, took lessons in preparation for his role, which producer Richard D. Zanuck acknowledged was something of a gamble.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in the United States on December 21, 2007 and in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2008. Grossing over $150 million worldwide, the film was praised for the performances of the cast, musical numbers, costume and set design, and faithfulness to the 1979 musical.
Storyline
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001 (1st half; Used once for Baby Joanna during "Poor Thing".)
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Seagull Four Sin PE021601 (4th cry)
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls On Cement H FS045801
- Hollywoodedge, Bull Whip Cracks Fast PE108901
- Hollywoodedge, Dog Mutt Barks Throat AT026201
- Hollywoodedge, Fart 9 Wet Squish Coul PE139701
- Hollywoodedge, Hinge Squeaks ThreeS PE285802 (2nd squeak only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Seagulls No Surf BT022101 (low volume)
- Hollywoodedge, Short Scrape Mid Freq PE285902 (3rd groan)
- Hollywoodedge, Sm Heavy Metal Door Sl PE185001
- SKYWALKER, AMBIENCE - BEACH AMBIENCE
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - HORSE AND CARRIAGE TROT BY ON CEMENT, WAGON
- SKYWALKER BODYFALL SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - DEEP, HEAVY CRACKLING
- SKYWALKER, LEVER - CHAIR STRING, PULLING CRANKING
- SKYWALKER, SQUISH - BLOOD SQUISHING
- SKYWALKER, SWORD - RINGING
- SKYWALKER, TOY - LENNY FOOTSTEPS
- SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
- SKYWALKER, WIND SOUNDS
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, RAVEN - RAVEN CAWING IN DISTANCE, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRDS - SEAGULLS - SMALL GROUP - CS
- Sound Ideas, CAVERN - LARGE, WET EERIE CAVE: WIND AND BATS, AMBIENCE
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 01 (mixed with Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 06)
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 03
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 06 (mixed with Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 01)
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - HEAVY WOOD DOOR: LOUD HINGE SQUEAK 08
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - WOOD DOOR WITH SQUEAKY HINGES: LIGHT, SUBTLE CREAKS, LIGHT DOOR IMPACT
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - WOOD DOOR: WITH SQUEAKY HINGES: LIGHT, SUBTLE CREAKS 01
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, WOOD, DOOR - WOOD DOOR: WITH SQUEAKY HINGES: LIGHT, SUBTLE CREAKS 04
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - SPRUNG WOOD DOOR WITH NO LATCH: SQUEAKY OPEN
- Sound Ideas, DRAWBRIDGE - RAISED: CHAINS AND PULLEYS, CRANKING SLOWLY, CASTLE
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: SNORTING, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 05
- Sound Ideas, WOOD, DOOR - LARGE OAK DOOR: OPEN LATCH 01
- Sound Ideas, WOOD, DOOR - SQUEAKY WOOD DOOR WITH SPRING LOADED HINGES: SWINGING SQUEAKS, CREAK 01
- Unknown Sound Effects Library, Seagull Call