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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Hardcover)

by Mark Salisbury (Author), Tim Burton (Foreword)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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“I can't wait to see Depp's Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This is going to be classic!” — Harry Knowles, Ain’t It Cool News

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Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd.

Depp stars as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, joined by Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies... The cast also includes Alan Rickman,Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Produced in close co-operation with Tim Burton and the production team, this lavish, full colour hardcover official companion volume to the film will include a Foreword by Tim Burton, over 200 photos, concept drawings and production designs, extracts from the screenplay and interviews with the cast and crew.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Titan Books (December 11, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1845767047
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845767044
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #325,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Salisbury's SWEENEY TODD is razor sharp, December 11, 2007
By KarenP (Republic of Texas) - See all my reviews
I was prepared to like Mark Salisbury's SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I like the musical it was based on. I like Depp and Burton and Sondheim. What I wasn't prepared to do was love this book! Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton have teamed up again for this film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical thrilled "Sweeney Todd." mark Salisbury's book is an in depth, informative chronicle of the making of the movie which opens here in the US this December. Mr. Salisbury's book never gets boring and the author never lectures the reader while sharing this book's story. Salisbury hit all the right notes when he wrote this companion book by layering the backstory of the legend of Sweeney Todd with the present day circumstances that put the players in the right spots at the right time to bring this version of SWEENEY TODD to the screen.

The well crafted book with 175 glossy, big pages with more than 200 photographs and illustrations and it is divided into two parts. Salisbury uses pictures and production artwork to tell the "making of" story in Part One, weaving in quotes from producer Richard Zanuck, director Tim Burton and cast members Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman as well as crew and other cast members to help the reader grasp the goings on behind the scenes. Salisbury was wise to also add his own first hand experiences while on the SWEENEY TODD set at Pinewood Studios to bring an overview of the different pieces that brought this musical thriller together. The author then has the reader "attend the tale of Sweeney Todd" in Part Two, by adding illustrations, production stills and sketches to text pieces from the script. This is no ordinary companion book, this is a companion book that brings humanity and heart to an often macabre, gruesome and bloody story. It's easy to see that this is a labor of love by the author.

Mark Salisbury is the former editor of Britain's "Empire" magazine and is the author of numerous movie books, many in collaboration with Tim Burton. Mr. Burton penned the forward to this book.

This is not your average glossy, trendy coffee table book. It's a must read for SWEENEY TODD fans, the fans of Stephen Sondheim, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. And it also serves as a wonderful invitation to those who've never met the demon barber of Fleet Street, to those who've never seen a musical and to those who've not yet seen the magic that Burton and Depp bring to a project, to get to know how a book can work hand in hand with a film. Mark Salisbury has written what I consider to be a Sweeney Todd primer. Get one for yourself and several as gifts. Neither Sweeney Todd nor Mark Salisbury will let you down.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, February 8, 2008
By D. L. Journee "QuiteMystery" (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States) - See all my reviews
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I saw the movie before I purchased the book. The book helped provide a lot of insight to the story. It was well written and the artwork was great. The artists explained where the inspiration for the looks of the characters came from and how they used color (or lack of it) as a important element in the movie. I really enjoyed the movie and I think this was one of the best movies of 2008. I also purchased the soundtrack from the movie and I will be purchasing the DVD when it is released. This book is a excellent companion piece to the movie and I highly recommend it.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have, December 28, 2007
This is a great companion piece to the film. Lots and lots of behind the scenes photographs (which are beautiful), lots of pre-production stories of how the thing began, insight into the director's, actor's, and screenwriter's thoughts on character, staging, storyline. Comes with the complete script of the film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Superb photography but lightweight commentary.
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3.0 out of 5 stars this is the original folklore, not the story seen in film
I have read this twice in my life. It is not like the film in a lot of ways and really captures the folklore that originally drove this story into the realm of urban legend... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool coffee table book
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody Great Score!!!
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