Attend the Tale! This is a major must-see film. It’s first and foremost a musical, with essentially all the characters singing throughout, but it’s also horrific and hilarious. If cheerful musicals aren’t your thing, never fear – this is Sweeney Todd – a very darkly comic and tragic tale. This is a faithful but unique adaptation of the award-winning and much beloved stage musical by Stephen Sondheim.
In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.
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Hey Mr. Max,
Request: please re-post…I lost the movie when my laptop broke down. Also, please re-post movie musical “Sweet Charity” and Barbra Streisand Live in Concert at MGM Grand (2006). No rush, I’m just trying to re-build my DVD library.
Thanks in advance Sir Max!
Gato
Sure thing GatoGato, thank you very much