Tim
Burton's film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical starring Johnny
Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Based on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which
later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th Century, this musical
tells the tale of Benjamin Barker (Depp), a barber who returns to London
after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commit. He soon
discovers from pie-maker Mrs Lovett (Bonham Carter) that, in his
absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the
care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly Judge Turpin (Alan
Rickman). Seeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, Barker sets
up a barber's shop above Mrs Lovett's premises. Now calling himself
Sweeney Todd, Barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the
throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty
new filling for Mrs Lovett's meat pies. What was once the worst pie shop
in London quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but
Barker won't be satisfied until he can lure Judge Turpin into the
barber's chair...