What age is Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd
Name(s)	Benjamin Barker Sweeney Todd
Age	48
Occupation	Barber Serial Killer

Beside this, why Sweeney Todd is rated R?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is rated R by the MPAA for graphic bloody violence. Receiving restrictive ratings in the US and Canada, this film delights in gory violent details as unwitting customers arrive at Todd's barbershop, only to have their throats slit and their bodies butchered.

is Sweeney Todd scary? It is not meant to be a terrifying horror movie. It is a musical. The music is beautiful, and so is the story, albeit depressing. This movie is definitely watch-worthy for teens and adults.

Similarly, it is asked, is Sweeney Todd PG 13?

Beowulf - Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Rated R graphic bloody violence.

What time period is Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is set in 1765, a time known as the Victorian era, or most famously known for the Industrial Revolution.

Is Sweeney Todd True story?

The playwright Christopher Bond, whose 1973 work was adapted by Sondheim for the musical, began his tale by telling readers: "Sweeney Todd is pure fiction No one has ever succeeded in finding a shred of evidence as to the existence of a Demon Barber thereabouts."

Is Sweeney Todd appropriate for high school?

Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere and has now been adapted for high school performers in Sweeney Todd School Edition. This special School Edition has been masterfully adapted, working directly with Mr.

Who plays the boy in Sweeney Todd?

Ed Sanders

Is Sweeney Todd a good musical?

It is based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond. Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has since had numerous revivals as well as a film adaptation.

Is Sweeney Todd gory?

Despite it's content, it isn't particularly violent. There's blood but it's Saw franchise level blood. The murders aren't drawn out or gory either. It's mostly slit a throat here, slit a throat there and it's over.

Is Sweeney Todd a musical?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 2007 musical period slasher film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name.

Where was Sweeney Todd filmed?

London

Who did the music for Sweeney Todd?

Stephen Sondheim

What is Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street about?

Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many fall to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.

Who is Helena Bonham Carter married to?

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter CBE
Partner(s)	Kenneth Branagh (1994–1999) Tim Burton (2001–2014)
Children	2 (with Burton)
Parent(s)	Raymond Bonham Carter Elena Propper de Callejón
Family	Bonham Carter

Why does Sweeney Todd kill everyone?

According to some accounts, a barber named Todd, who set up shop in Fleet Street during the late 1700s, murdered dozens of his customers and was hanged for his crimes in 1802. The real Todd supposedly killed his many victims by dropping them from his barber's chair into an old tunnel that ran beneath his shop.

How did Sweeney Todd die?

At the end of the play, he finally gets his revenge by killing the Judge, but then unknowingly kills his own wife, who Mrs. Lovett had misled him into believing had died. He kills Mrs. Lovett, but is in turn killed by Mrs. Lovett's assistant Tobias Ragg, who slits Todd's throat with his own razor.

Who is Sweeney Todd's wife?

Lucy Barker

Is Johnny Depp really singing in Sweeney Todd?

There is musical distinction in his work. Mr. Depp has debunked his own musical skills in interviews. Though he played guitar in rock bands for years and sang backup vocals, he has said that when he signed up for “Sweeney Todd” he had never sung a complete song in public.

What is Mrs Lovett's first name?

Lovett. Mrs. Lovett is a fictional character appearing in many adaptations of the story Sweeney Todd. She is most commonly referred to as Nellie, although Amelia, Margery, Maggie, Sarah, Shirley, Wilhemina and Claudetta are other names she has been given.

Does Sweeney Todd kill his daughter?

She is nearly murdered by her father when he discovers her, as he does not recognize her as his daughter (seeing as he had never met her since infancy and because she is disguised as a young man). She survives when Mrs. Lovett screams in the basement bakehouse, distracting Todd and allowing her to escape.

Who wrote Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber?

Stephen Sondheim Christopher Bond Hugh Wheeler

Is Sweeney Todd a musical or an opera?

But by no definition is ''Sweeney Todd'' an opera. It is not sung throughout. It is driven by the drama and it is cast by dramatic type. With ''Sweeney Todd,'' Stephen Sondheim has achieved what many have attempted and failed: a successful American musical drama.

Is Sweeney Todd still on Broadway?

The immersive Off-Broadway staging of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will end its record-breaking run at the Barrow Street Theatre August 26. Sweeney Todd currently stars Thom Sesma as Sweeney Todd, Sally Ann Triplett as Mrs.