Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Timing: 1:56 (116 min)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - TMDB rating
7.178/10
6293
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Kinopoisk rating
7.699/10
192432
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - IMDB rating
7.3/10
406000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Photo Richard D. Zanuck #66797
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
Photo Walter F. Parkes #69554
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Photo Laurie MacDonald #69555
Laurie MacDonald
Producer

Executive Producer

Patrick McCormick
Executive Producer

Writer

Hugh Wheeler
Writer

Casting

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Susie Figgis
Casting

Editor

Art Direction

David Warren
Art Direction

Supervising Art Director

Gary Freeman
Supervising Art Director

Costume Design

Stunts

Production Design

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Dante Ferretti

Dante Ferretti
Production Design

Set Decoration

Francesca Lo Schiavo
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Paul Gooch
Makeup Artist
Nana Fischer
Makeup Artist
Photo Ve Neill #6195

Ve Neill

Ve Neill
Makeup Artist
Christine Whitney
Makeup Artist
Christine Greenwood
Makeup Artist
Charlotte Hayward
Makeup Artist
Karen Cohen
Makeup Artist
Lisa Pickering
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Photo Tom Johnson #6600

Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Photo Michael Semanick #5089Photo Michael Semanick #5090

Michael Semanick

Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

Patrick McCormick
Unit Production Manager

Co-Producer

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Katterli Frauenfelder
Co-Producer

Second Assistant Director

Toby Hefferman
Second Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Photo Dariusz Wolski #348

Dariusz Wolski

Dariusz Wolski
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Des Whelan
Camera Operator

Steadicam Operator

Vince McGahon
Steadicam Operator

Property Master

David Balfour
Property Master

Visual Effects Supervisor

Chas Jarrett
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gary Brozenich
Visual Effects Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

David Evans
Supervising Sound Editor

Script Supervisor

Nikki Clapp
Script Supervisor

Hairstylist

Photo Ve Neill #6195

Ve Neill

Ve Neill
Hairstylist
Olivier Seyfrid
Hairstylist
Claire Matthews
Hairstylist
Rose Warder
Hairstylist
Jo Adams
Hairstylist

Still Photographer

Peter Mountain
Still Photographer
Leah Gallo
Still Photographer

Visual Effects Producer

Drew Jones
Visual Effects Producer

First Assistant Director

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Katterli Frauenfelder
First Assistant Director

Chief Lighting Technician

John Higgins
Chief Lighting Technician

Boom Operator

Tristan Tarrant
Boom Operator

Screenplay

Foley Artist

Ruth Sullivan
Foley Artist
Lucy Fawcett
Foley Artist
Jack Stew
Foley Artist
Andrea King
Foley Artist

Sound Designer

Photo Steve Boeddeker #6871Photo Steve Boeddeker #6872Photo Steve Boeddeker #6873
Steve Boeddeker
Sound Designer

Art Department Assistant

Photo Francesca Balestra Di Mottola #81958
Francesca Balestra Di Mottola
Art Department Assistant

Foley Editor

Harry Barnes
Foley Editor

Assistant Set Decoration

Jo Graysmark
Assistant Set Decoration

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Chris Lyons

Chris Lyons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ivan Manzella
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Songs

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Sam Nicholson
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Tristan Versluis
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Josh Weston

Josh Weston
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Stephen Murphy
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Vanessa Bastyan
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Music

Music Editor

Sam Southwick
Music Editor
John Warhurst
Music Editor

Production Sound Mixer

Tony Dawe
Production Sound Mixer

ADR Recordist

Sandy Buchanan
ADR Recordist

Digital Compositor

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Pedro Lara
Digital Compositor

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Stuart Fyvie
Digital Intermediate Colorist

VFX Artist

Contact Lens Technician

Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore
Contact Lens Technician

Prosthetics

Neal Scanlan
Prosthetics

Sound Editor

Steve Browell
Sound Editor

Compositing Lead

Alessandro Cioffi
Compositing Lead

Musical

Hugh Wheeler
Musical

Lyricist

What's left behind the scenes

  • Christopher Lee was one of the few actors in the film with a musical education and operatic training (along with musical actresses Jane Wisner and Laura Michelle Kelly) and was dismissed from the project. Officially, filming scenes with his character did not fit the shooting schedule.
  • During filming, Johnny Depp's daughter was hospitalized in critical condition. Depp had to keep watch at her bedside until the girl's condition improved. Filming was suspended for this period.
  • While preparing for the role of the Italian barber Pirelli, Sacha Baron Cohen took lessons in handling a straight razor from a real barber.
  • Filming took three months.
  • Almost nowhere in the promotional materials was it mentioned that "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" was a musical. Only one of the four film trailers features a segment where Johnny Depp sings. An international promotional trailer containing musical numbers was released a week before the premiere.
  • Sweeney Todd's hairstyle is simultaneously reminiscent of Ludwig van Beethoven and Elsa Lanchester's Bride of Frankenstein.
  • Filming took place in England at Pinewood Studios from February 5 to June 14, 2007.
  • Helena Bonham Carter filmed while pregnant, so her character's waistline thickened and her bust changed.
  • Johnny Depp's friend and music producer, Bruce Witkin, took on the task of providing the vocals. It is said that during breaks from filming 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,' Johnny would pace the set and sing the barber's parts.
  • Depp has a phobic fear of the sight of blood. Tim Burton even had to order fake blood in orange color so that Johnny wouldn't faint during filming. The actor admits that he still hasn't watched the film from beginning to end: 'It's so scary that during some scenes I had to close my eyes.'
  • To prevent information leaks, the film was referred to as “Project 32463” during production.
  • It took approximately 90 minutes each day to do the makeup for each of the actors in the leading roles.
  • The Russian distribution title of the film, “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” does not entirely accurately reflect the film’s content. The main character does not practice barbering, but only shaves his clients.
  • Several Midwestern US states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, North Dakota) refused to distribute the film due to disagreement with the distribution company's pricing.
  • Due to Tim Burton’s involvement in the film’s promotional campaign, his youngest daughter, born in December, remained nameless for about four months. Both parents decided that Burton should spend some time with his daughter before naming her, in order to choose the most suitable name.
  • The director's son, Billy Ray, appears in the film. In the beach scene in "By The Sea," he plays near a sandcastle.
  • The film was delivered to American cinemas under the false title "Skunk."
  • Russell Crowe was considered for a long time as the main contender for the role of Sweeney Todd.
  • Sweeney Todd is another iconic figure from Victorian England. As iconic as Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, or Count Dracula. He is a manic barber who kills his clients and makes meat pies out of them. If in the 19th century, Sweeney was a character from yellow journalism, today films, cartoons, and even musicals are regularly made about him.
  • Mrs. Lovett stabs with a knife so that a piece of dough ends up on the back of the blade. Later, when she returns to the table, the knife is stuck in differently.
  • Joanna, who sings about the nightingale, has curtains arranged differently in the interior and exterior shots.
  • Hearing the song in the judge's house, the boy steps back slightly from the bench, and when he retreats, he bumps into a beggar. Later, the bench moves somewhere to the right, as he spends a very long time going for his backpack. And the bench itself has shifted in relation to the fence behind the sidewalk.
  • When Mrs. Lovett treats the young servant Pirelli, he eats almost half of the pie, but then the pie is whole again.
  • When Mrs. Lovett waltzes with Todd in the kitchen, the hero Johnny Depp holds the cleaver alternately at her waist level (wide shot) and at her head level (close-up shots).
  • Stephen Sondheim, a classic of the American musical (including co-creator of "West Side Story"), staged "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" on Broadway in 1979. The musical was a great success and received eight Tony Awards. Its production was revived in both London and New York in 2004 and 2005, and the show received two more Tony Awards in 2006.
  • After long and thorough consideration, Paramount decided to postpone filming Tim Burton’s "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" for a year or two and instead assign him a more frightening project.
  • Initially, Oscar winner Sam Mendes was chosen to direct.
  • Almost nowhere in the promotional materials was it mentioned that "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" was a musical. Only one of the film's four trailers includes a fragment where Johnny Depp sings. An international trailer featuring musical numbers was released a week before the premiere.
  • Helena Bonham Carter filmed while pregnant, which is why her character's waistline appears to thicken and her bust changes.
  • Johnny Depp's vocals were coached by his friend, music producer Bruce Witkin. It is said that during breaks from filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Johnny would walk around the set and rehearse the barber's parts.
  • Depp has a phobic fear of the sight of blood. Tim Burton even had to order stage blood in orange, so Johnny wouldn't faint during filming. The actor admits that he still hasn't watched the film from beginning to end: "It's so scary that I had to close my eyes during some scenes."
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