Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 English-language Drama Horror movie written by John Logan, Hugh Wheeler and Christopher Bond. The movie is directed by Tim Burton and produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie Macdonald and John Logan. The film retells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd , an English barber and serial killer who, while seeking revenge on Judge Turpin who wrongfully convicted and exiled him to steal his wife, murders his customers and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett , processes their corpses into meat pies. Sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street features Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower and Vesna Vujat. The screenplay is written by John Logan which is inspired from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim Hugh Wheeler Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The music was composed by Stephen Sondheim. Cinematography was done by Dariusz Wolski and editing by Chris Lebenzon. The motion picture has a running time of 116 minutes. It was released on 28th February 2008. The Film was successful at box office. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was made on a budget of $50 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $153 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by DreamWorks/Paramount Distribution. At the 2008 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Achievement in Art Direction. The film retells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd , an English barber and serial killer who, while seeking revenge on Judge Turpin who wrongfully convicted and exiled him to steal his wife, murders his customers and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett , processes their corpses into meat pies.