Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 2007 musical period slasher film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning .
The film re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies.
The film stars Johnny Depp as the title character and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett.
Having been struck by the cinematic qualities of Sondheim's musical while still a student, Burton had entertained the notion of a film version since the early 1980s.
However, it was not until 2006 that he had the opportunity to realize this ambition, when DreamWorks announced his appointment as replacement for director Sam Mendes, who had been working on such an adaptation.
Sondheim, although not directly involved, was extensively consulted during production.
Depp, not known for his singing, took lessons in preparation for his role, which producer Richard D. Zanuck acknowledged was something of a gamble.
However, Depp's vocal performance, despite being criticized as lacking certain musical qualities, was generally thought by critics to suit the part.
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" was released in the United States on December 21, 2007 and in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2008 to largely positive reviews from critics.
The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and won numerous awards, including Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture –
Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, as well as the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
Bonham Carter was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Depp received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Although it was not an outstanding financial success in North America, it performed well worldwide, and produced a soundtrack album and DVD releases.
William Michals
William Paul Michals is an American stage actor and baritone singer.
He has appeared as Emile de Becque in Rogers and Hammerstein ’s SOUTH PACIFIC at Lincoln Center.
He made his Broadway debut as “ The Beast ” in Disney ’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production.
His career continued with roles as Javert in LES MISÉRABLES, Billy Flynn in CHICAGO, Don Quixote in MAN OF LA MANCHA, Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN, the title role in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and SWEENEY TODD:
THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, and recently appeared as Captain Hook in Leonard Bernstein's PETER PAN.
He has received the Anselmo Award, he also earned recognition by Chicago ’s “ Jeff ” and the National STAR awards for his portrayal of Chauvelin in a national tour of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.
He has played Captain von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and Billy Flynn in Kander& Ebb ’s CHICAGO.
Michals regularly appears with the country ’s leading orchestras, including the San Francisco, San Diego, Utah, and Hartford Symphonies, The New York Pops, and Philly Pops.
He has sung The National Anthem for major league sporting events.
He has also performed for House and Senate inside The United States Capitol.
He also sang at the December 11, 2001 memorial service at Ground Zero, singing" Let There Be Peace On Earth".
He has performed opera, in New York, Boston, and in concert at the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals.
His moniker is “ America's Baritone ”.
Thomas Peckett Prest
Thomas Peckett( or Preskett) Prest( probable dates 1810 – 1859) was a British hack writer, journalist and musician.
He was a prolific producer of penny dreadfuls.
He is now remembered as the co-creator( with James Malcolm Rymer) of the fictional Sweeney Todd, the' demon barber' immortalized in his" The String of Pearls", as well as the co-author with Rymer of" Varney the Vampire".
He wrote under pseudonyms including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz.
Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a name for himself as a talented musician and composer.
Sweeney Todd (1928 film)
Sweeney Todd is a 1928 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Moore Marriott, Judd Green and Iris Darbyshire.
It was adapted from a popular 1847 stage play by George Dibdin- Pitt called" The String of Pearls, or The Fiend of Fleet Street", which in turn was based on an anonymous story called" The String of Pearls: A Romance" that was serialized in magazine format in 1846.
This was the first time the story was adapted into a play, and it featured a surprise twist ending that does n't appear in later stage versions of the Sweeney Todd legend.
It was filmed entirely on set at Islington Studios.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936 film)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1936 British drama horror film produced and directed by George King, and written by Frederick Hayward, H.F. Maltby, and George Dibdin- Pitt.
The film features actor Tod Slaughter in one of his most famous roles as the barber Sweeney Todd.
Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American director, producer, artist, writer, and animator.
He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as "Beetlejuice" (1988), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Corpse Bride" (2005),  (2007), "Dark Shadows" (2012), and "Frankenweenie" (2012).
He is also known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), the superhero films "Batman" (1989) and its first sequel, "Batman Returns" (1992), the sci-fi film "Planet of the Apes" (2001), the fantasy-drama "Big Fish" (2003), the musical adventure film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), and the film adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016).
Burton has often worked with actor Johnny Depp and composer Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but three of the films Burton has directed.
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton's former domestic partner, has appeared in many of his films.
He wrote and illustrated the poetry book "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories", published in 1997 by British publishing house Faber and Faber, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other artwork, entitled "The Art of Tim Burton", was released in 2009.
A follow-up to that book, entitled "The Napkin Art of Tim Burton:
Things You Think About in a Bar", containing sketches made by Burton on napkins at bars and restaurants he occasionally visits, was released in 2015.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
The Barber of Seville (1958 film)
The Barber of Seville is a 1958 Australian TV play.
George Dibdin Pitt
George Dibdin Pitt( born George Pitt, 30 March 1795 – 16 February 1855) was an English actor, stage manager and prolific playwright, specializing in melodrama.
He was the first playwright to dramatize the fictional character Sweeney Todd, in his 1847 play" The String of Pearls; or, The Fiend of Fleet Street".
Hugo Tyerman
Hugo Nelson Tyerman( 27 December 1880 – 7 September 1977) was a noted British journalist and writer, described by" The Times" as" the doyen of Fleet Street Educational Journalists".

Question: When was the director of film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007 Film) born?
Answer: August 25, 1958