Rent Sweeney Todd (1982)
4.0 of 5 from 53 ratings
2h 21min
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- Synopsis:
Prepare for the closest shave of your life in Stephen Sondheim's Victorian horror thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Captured here in its original theatrical stage production whilst on tour in Los Angeles in 1982, the star-studded cast lights up the stage and brings Sondheim's macabre yet humorous musical numbers to life with thrilling effect. George Hearn (Flags of our Fathers) plays Todd, the falsely imprisoned barber whose lust for revenge drives him to murder and the enigmatic Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate) plays his partner in crime, Mrs. Lovett, who bakes away the evidence in her pie shop. The combined horror and humour bleeds through every pour of the production with brooding menace as Todd serenades his blades in My Friend. All of the now much loved songs are included, the achingly beautiful ballad Johanna, the clever pun-strewn A Little Priest as Mrs. Lovett creates recipes for her pies and intricate choral and ensemble numbers. - Actors:
- Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods, Edmund Lyndeck, Calvin Remsberg, Betsy Joslyn, Ken Jennings, Sal Mistretta
- Directors:
- Terry Hughes, Harold Prince
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals
