Sweeney Todd the demon barber of Fleet Street : a musical thriller

DVD 2004

Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. So Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd.

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Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- Film adaptations

Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- Television adaptations

Cannibalism Drama

Children of prisoners Drama

Ex-convicts Psychology Drama

Fathers and daughters Drama

Fleet Street (London, England) Drama

Judicial error Drama

Man-woman relationships Drama

Meat grinders Drama

Prisoners' families Drama

Revenge Drama

Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) Drama

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ISBN:

9781419867927
9780780646698

Description:

1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Class: 14A
Not rated by MPAA

Other Title:

Demon barber of Fleet Street [DVD]

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Standard format
Based on the musical adaptation of Christopher Bond; original play by George Dibdin Pitt
Filmed before a live audience at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the 1982 national tour
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Hugh Wheeler; directed for the stage by Harold Prince; production designer, Eugene Lee; lighting, Ken Billington; costumes, Franne Lee; musical director, Paul Gemignani; dance and movement, Larry Fuller; cameras, Lew Adams ... [et al.]; editors, Jimmy B. Frazier, Ken Laski
Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods, Edmund Lyndeck, Calvin Remsberg, Betsy Joslyn, Ken Jennings, Sal Mistretta, Spain Logue, Walter Charles, Michael Kalinyen, Joe Boots
DVD; Dolby digital surround 5.1 (English)
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

678302

UPC:

053939675023
883929017683

Other Authors:

Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- Sweeney Todd
Burns, Bonnie, 1949-
Entertainment Channel
Hearn, George
Hughes, Terry (Terry W.)
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022
Pitt, George Dibdin, 1799-1855
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019
RKO/Nederlander Productions
Sondheim, Stephen
Sondheim, Stephen. Sweeney Todd
Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987

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