Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton, 2007
The String of Pearls
James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, 1847
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a movie directed by Tim Burton in 2007 and based on the book The String of Pearls: The Original Tale of Sweeney Todd by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest, first published in 1847. The movie features Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, and others.
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Storyline
In 1846, Benjamin Barker, a barber, arrives in London, accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope. Barker adopts the alias “Sweeney Todd” and returns to his old Fleet Street shop, situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett’s meat pie shop, where she sells the “worst pies in London”.
Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Director: Tim Burton
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Length: 1h56m
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Year
1847
Pages
304
Book Rate
7.22
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Book
The String of Pearls
Original title: The String of Pearls or The Sailor's Gift
Subtitle: The Original Tale of Sweeney Todd
Author: James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest
Country: UK
First published in: 1847
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
QUENTIN TARANTINO (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Actor)
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