Trailer Bulletin: Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp sings and slashes his way through the musical adaptation.
Nothing says holiday cheer like the story of a murderous 19th century barber hell bent on revenge, right? Your first look at Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is online!
Yahoo Movies has the first trailer for the Christmas 2007 film, which stars Johnny Depp as a wrongfully imprisoned man who returns to London with a new name, a decidedly darker outlook on life, and a vendetta against the men who devastated his life and family.
As in the Broadway play adapted from the oft-told tale, Sweeney Todd (Depp) is out for vengeance against the dastardly judge (Alan Rickman) who put him in jail for 15 years. Upon his return, Todd finds his wife is dead and his daughter is now a ward of his enemy, and sets out to get revenge on those he holds responsible. He re-opens his barber shop ("I will guarantee the closest shave you will ever know...") with the help of his landlady (Helena Bonham Carter), who bakes the bodies of Sweeney Todd's victims into the meat pies she sells in her shop. Delicious!
The Sweeney Todd trailer gives us our first look at the film, which has all the best elements of a Tim Burton project: Johnny Depp, a touch of the macabre, social misfits, and HBC. Unfortunately for us squeamish types, Sweeney appears to be headed for R-territory stateside, promising lots of the red stuff seeing as it's about a guy who kills people in a barber chair with a straight razor.
Click on over through the link below to watch the trailer (and keep an eye out for Sacha Baron Cohen as a showboating rival barber).
Source: Yahoo Movies
Yahoo Movies has the first trailer for the Christmas 2007 film, which stars Johnny Depp as a wrongfully imprisoned man who returns to London with a new name, a decidedly darker outlook on life, and a vendetta against the men who devastated his life and family.
As in the Broadway play adapted from the oft-told tale, Sweeney Todd (Depp) is out for vengeance against the dastardly judge (Alan Rickman) who put him in jail for 15 years. Upon his return, Todd finds his wife is dead and his daughter is now a ward of his enemy, and sets out to get revenge on those he holds responsible. He re-opens his barber shop ("I will guarantee the closest shave you will ever know...") with the help of his landlady (Helena Bonham Carter), who bakes the bodies of Sweeney Todd's victims into the meat pies she sells in her shop. Delicious!
The Sweeney Todd trailer gives us our first look at the film, which has all the best elements of a Tim Burton project: Johnny Depp, a touch of the macabre, social misfits, and HBC. Unfortunately for us squeamish types, Sweeney appears to be headed for R-territory stateside, promising lots of the red stuff seeing as it's about a guy who kills people in a barber chair with a straight razor.
Click on over through the link below to watch the trailer (and keep an eye out for Sacha Baron Cohen as a showboating rival barber).
Source: Yahoo Movies
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on Oct 04 2007 03:29 PM I went from not really caring to absolutely pumped. That's a trailer. Or maybe that's just Johnny Depp. Good lord, when he started singing?! Did not expect that to be so amazing. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 03:41 PM This movie will be epic. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 03:43 PM ...excellent. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 03:46 PM I'm SO relieved that it doesn't look like they'll restrict Burton to make this a 'PG-13' movie. The more I think less of Depp in those lame pirates movies the better... (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 03:51 PM In reply to this comment (#1168443) You said it. ;) (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 04:09 PM Could it be that Tim Burton has finally made a movie that is more than art direction only? Looks like his best movie,but Ed Wood will take some beating... (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 04:09 PM I knew from the first moment that I heard Tim Burton was going to take on this project that it was a perfect fit for him. If the trailer is any idication, he may have done an even better job of bringing this dark musical to the screen than I ever imagined possible. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 04:33 PM I'll be honest... I'm still a little worried... I'm not sure Depp has the vocal chops for this and, although what is in the trailer is pretty solid because of his acting, there were a few sung lines that were being spoken. That is a scary trend for me. I also really hope they don't add too much to the script... Todd really is a fantastic script already and I have a feeling the things they add are going to stick out like a sore thumb. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 05:06 PM Holy Crap! (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 05:19 PM Wow, this looks excellent! I cannot wait, me and my girlfriend will be seeing this indefinately! (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 05:22 PM As long as the singing isn't horrible, it will be fine. I'm not expecting the singing to be amazing. I'm sure the excellent acting from this great cast will more than make up for it. This is one of my favorite musicals and I adore both Depp and Burton. I can't wait. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 05:24 PM I got a really bad vibe from it. Then again, it's just a Tim Burton thing for me. I can't take his movies seriously, just because he seems to be going for something that's crazy and comedic, and I prefer just crazy. I'll still see the movie, because I have an allegiance to Depp, but I'm not really a fan of Burton, and this preview took some interest away from the movie for me. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 06:12 PM Tim Burton... bleh. Still looks pretty good though. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 06:25 PM Wow...I wasn't too excited about this because I hate musicals...but this might be the one for me. Looks great! (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 06:28 PM I was in this musical, and being a big Tim Burton Johnny Depp fan. I am totally stoked. I've been waiting for this one, and the trailer is just phenomenal. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 07:23 PM The movie looks pretty cold. It is always with Burton to make great looking films, but his characters seem very distant. And most of the time his film don't connect on an emotional level, even Big Fish. Still excited. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 08:23 PM Tim Burton is my favorite director. Johnny Depp is my favorite actor. This movie is shaping up to be awesome. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 04 2007 08:30 PM don't care for musicals, but this actually seems cool. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 09:34 PM Look on the right side next to the trailer - - - Rated R for graphic bloody violence . . . The way a Sweeny Toddy and Tim Burton should be . . . Perfect way to start the holidays . . . (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 04 2007 10:14 PM Depp's accent sounds just like Jack Sparrow's. (Reply to this) |
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