Tim Burton's Vulnerability Surprised Alan Rickman While Working On Sweeney Todd

Dec 12 2022 by /Film

 

If you never saw a Tim Burton adaptation of a Stephen Sondheim musical coming, you weren't alone. The director, who had made a career out of bringing his grim visions of loner life to the big screen, didn't necessarily seem like the kind of guy who would willingly adapt a work by the king of musical theater. But then, Burton was never one for orthodoxy, and as unlikely as his 2007 effort was, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" stands as proof that even a Sondheim musical can be...

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