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《魔街理髮師》
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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華納影片公司2008年矚目新作《魔街理髮師》（Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street），是鬼才導演添布頓與尊尼狄普再度攜手的詭異結晶，影片改編自史提芬辛咸的同名得獎驚慄音樂劇，講述由尊尼狄普飾演的Sweeney Todd，遭人陷害被關進獄中，飽受摧殘，其妻子及女兒更慘遭不幸。他出獄後誓報冤仇，成為詭異神秘的理髮師，假理髮之名，冷血剃殺仇人。

影片除了尊尼狄普外，還有添布頓一直合作的演出班底，包括飾尊尼狄普的復仇拍檔凱倫寶咸卡達，她將會泡製令人大吃一驚的神秘「肉批」、還有於<哈利波特>電影系列中飾演石內卜教授的阿倫力文，他飾演邪惡法官杜平，將Sweeney Todd親手送入牢獄，而提摩菲史樸則飾演杜平法官的同謀者，沙查巴朗高漢則飾演尊尼狄普的理髮師對手艾杜夫比里尼。

影片作曲作詞皆由史提芬辛咸一手包辦，《魔盜王》系列達里斯胡斯基負責攝影，憑《娛樂大亨》獲奧斯卡金像獎的丹提費拉迪?任美術。其他強勁的幕後陣容包括《芝加哥》、 《藝伎回憶錄》兩屆最佳化妝金像獎得主歌蓮艾潔、及《魔戒》金像獎造型彼德奧雲。

Johnny Depp stars in the Tim Burton-directed screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller, Sweeney Todd, a co-production of Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures.

Depp stars as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison, who vows revenge not only for that cruel punishment but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, he becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the heads of gentleman who never thereafter were heard from again."

Also starring is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, who creates her diabolical meat pies while becoming Sweeney's amorous accomplice. Alan Rickman is the evil Judge Turpin, who sent Sweeney unfairly to prison, thereby sowing the seeds of Sweeney's vengeance. Timothy Spall plays the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford. Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli, and Christopher Lee takes on the role of the gentleman ghost. Rounding out the cast are Jamie Campbell Bowen as the young sailor Anthony, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Laura Michelle Kelly as the beggar woman, and newcomer Ed Sanders as Toby. All the stars will do their own singing from Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics.

The Parkes/MacDonald and Zanuck Company production is produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and John Logan, who also penned the screenplay adaptation. The original Broadway production had Sondheim's music and lyrics and a book by Hugh Wheeler based on a play by Christopher Bond.

The legendary production won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. Its mix of the shockingly macabre, comic and dramatic, supported by Sondheim's movie-like score, has had hundreds of productions through the world, most recently a highly acclaimed production on Broadway. What once might have been taboo and ghoulish became deliciously entertaining.

Joining Burton at Pinewood to create his vision are director of photography Dariusz Wolski (Pirates of the Caribbean I, II, III), Academy Award winner Dante Ferretti (The Aviator) as production designer, two-time Academy Award winner Colleen Atwood (Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago) as costume designer, hair and make up design by Academy Award winner Peter Owen (The Lord of the Rings), and editor Chris Lebenzon.

The film will be distributed internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures and domestically by Paramount Pictures for a late 2007 release.

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