Sweeney Todd To Be Released On DVD 4/1
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 25, 2008
Director Tim Burton's tour de force re-imagining of Stephen Sondheim's Tony® Award-winning Broadway hit Sweeney Todd debuts on DVD April 1, 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film won the Golden Globe® for Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award® for Best Art Direction. Johnny Depp earned a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy as well as an Oscar® nomination for Leading Actor. The film also stars Alan Rickman (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Timothy Spall (Enchanted) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat). The Sweeney Todd two-disc DVD is gushing with special features, including in-depth looks at the musical and its history, making the film, Sweeney's London and designs for a demon barber, Moviefone Unscripted with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, a press conference, photo gallery and more. The film also will be available on a single-disc DVD.
