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Writers:
Peter Buckman (writer)
Peter Shaw (story)
Release Date:
19 April 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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One of the two better versions of a classic tale more (13 total)

Cast

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Ben Kingsley ... Sweeney Todd

Campbell Scott ... Ben Carlyle

Joanna Lumley ... Mrs. Lovett
Selina Boyack ... Alice
David Wilmot ... Tom
Sean Flanagan ... Charlie (as Séan Ó'Flanagain)
Katharine Schlesinger ... Lucy
John Kavanagh ... Rutledge
Joe Savino ... Chambers
Niall Buggy ... Vicar
Peter Jeffrey ... Dr. Maxwell
Peter Woodthorpe ... Mannheim

Bosco Hogan ... Head Clerk
Birdy Sweeney ... Elderly Cutter
Des Braiden ... Bald Toothless Man
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Runtime:
92 min
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere)

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The final film of 'Peter Jeffrey (I)'. more
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17 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
One of the two better versions of a classic tale, 1 February 2005
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Author: todmichel (todmichel@online.fr) from Saint-Ouen, France

This TV-movie ranks as one of the two best versions of the classic tale of Sweeney Todd, the other one being - of course - the 1936 black-&-white movie starring Tod Slaughter.Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley are terrific - and their approach of the famous characters is in the true spirit of horror melodrama: a perilous "exercice de style" between horror and comedy. All the other actors are excellent, the sets are wonderful in their creepiness, a touch of gore is added to good measure, and Schlesinger's direction is faultless. This TV-movie could be shown in movie theaters, as a "legitimate" picture - in fact, it's well above most of the current movies...

Incidentally, this version is an Irish-British coproduction, certainly not "an American production" as wrongly mentioned in some posts.

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