The plot of Sweeney Todd revolves around a barber named Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) who is unjustly imprisoned by the evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) because the judge is in love with Barker's wife. Barker escapes from prison and returns to England under the name "Sweeney Todd". Todd rents out his old flat above "Mrs. Lovett's" (played by Helena Bonham Carter) failing meat pie store, and plots his revenge. Todd and Mrs Lovett soon go into cahoots, and arrange it so that after he kills his victims, she cooks them into her pies and sells them.

In 2008, Dante Ferretti and Francesa Lo Schiavo won the Best Art Direction Oscar for their work on the film. Sweeney Todd also picked up two Golden Globe Awrds that year, one for Best Picture (musical or comedy) and one for Best Actor, which went to Johnny Depp.

1. Full Title: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2. Release Date (Limited): December 25, 2007
3. Release Date (Wide): January 11, 2008
4. Studio: Dreamworks/Warner Bros.
5. Director: Tim Burton
6. Academy Award nominated for best leading actor and best costume design (won for costume design)

1. Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd
2. Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett
3. Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin
4. Timothy Spall as Beadle
5. Sacha Baron Cohen as Pirelli
6. Jayne Wisener as Johanna