Sweeney Todd movie

Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

Sweeney Todd is a fictional villain/antihero. A barber and serial killer, the character appears in various English language works starting in the mid-19th century. His weapon of choice is a straight razor, with which he cuts his victims throats; in some versions of the story his lover, friend and accomplice, Margery (sometimes Nellie or Claudette) Lovett, bakes the carcasses into meat pies.In two books, the horror and crime story writer Peter Haining argues that Sweeney Todd was a historical figure who committed his crimes around 1800. However, other researchers who have tried to verify his citations find nothing in these sources to back Hainings claims.

(Full text)Early historyTodds first appearance may have been in a British penny dreadful called The Peoples Periodical, in issue 7, dated November 21, 1846. The story in which he appeared was titled "The String of Pearls: A Romance," and was probably written by Thomas Prest,"Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" PBS.org. URL accessed February 11, 2006. who created a number of other gruesome villains. He tended to base his horror stories on grains of truth, sometimes gaining inspiration from real crime reports in The Times.BackgroundIt is sometimes claimed that the Sweeney Todd story is based upon fact, but no reliable evidence of this has ever been found. According to the tale, Todd was tried at the Old Bailey and hanged at Tyburn in January 1802, in front of a large crowd.

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Sweeney Todd Cast

• Alan Rickman
• Anthony Head
• Ed Sanders
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Jamie Campbell Bower
• Jayne Wisener
• Laura Michelle Kelly
• Peter Bowles
• Sacha Baron Cohen
• Timothy Spall