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Sweeney Todd DVD to Be Released on April 1

The DVD of the 2007 film version of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, will be released by Paramount Home Entertainment on April 1. There will be both a single and two-disc DVD available for purchase.

The film, which is directed by Tim Burton, stars Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs. Lovett), Alan Rickman (Judge Turpin), Timothy Spall (Beadle Bamford), Sacha Baron Cohen (Adolfo Pirelli), Jayne Wisener (Johanna), Jamie Campbell Bower (Anthony), Laura Michelle Kelly (Beggar Woman), and Edward Sanders (Tobias Ragg), all of whom do their own singing.

Special features on the two-disc set will include an in-depth look at the musical and history, the November 2007 press conference, a photo gallery, and much more.

The film won the Golden Globe Award as Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, and Depp was named Best Actor in the same category; he also received an Academy Award nomination for his performance.


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