"Both sharp and fleet... a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim’s landmark 1979 theatrical musical."
- Todd McCarthy, Variety
"A thriller-diller from start to finish: scary, monstrously funny and melodically thrilling. And Depp is simply stupendous."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
As of October 19, 2007
Sound Mixing
Sweeney will likely receive a nomination in this category.
This category often rewards musicals. Since 1955, twenty-five film musical
including Dreamgirls, Chicago, Cabaret, West Side Story
and Oklahoma! have gone on to win this award.
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The Transformers |
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Sweeney Todd |
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Beowulf |
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Pirates of the Caribbean... |
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Spider-Man 3 |
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American Gangster |
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No Country for Old Men |
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Hairspray |
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Ratatoullie |
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The Golden Compass |
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Recently Overheard:
The soundtrack
is pretty complete minus the closing titles. All the underscoring is Sondheim's.
I don't mean he composed it, but it's all based on his themes with very
little of it changed from the original... All in all it's very a very well
put together soundtrack and includes much of the dialogue just as the Original
Broadway recording did."Read more of this post by Sondheim.com member notherSteve
"I'm wondering how many people are going to be seduced by this filmed Sweeney and be moved to seek out the OBC, creating, hopefully, a new generation of Sondheim fans. They will continue their journey until it ends, as it must, with "Someone in a Tree."
Read more of this post by Sondheim.com member George
