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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)


"This spring, it's time for a little madness."


Directed by James Bobin
Produced by Tim Burton, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
Written by Linda Woolverton
Based on Characters by by Lewis Carroll
Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Team Todd, Tim Burton Productions
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: 10 May 2016 (London)
Running time: 113 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $170 million

"Alice Through the Looking Glass" is an adventure fantasy family film, directed by James Bobin, written by Linda Woolverton, and loosely based on "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll. It's the sequel to "Alice in Wonderland", which tells the story of grown up Alice who returns to her Wonderland in order to travel in time and save the Mad Hatter.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)


"Never Forget. Never Forgive."


Directed by Tim Burton
Produced by Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan, Richard D. Zanuck
Screenplay by John Logan
Based on "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen
Music by Stephen Sondheim
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Chris Lebenzon
Production companies: Parkes/MacDonald Productions, The Zanuck Company, Neal Street Productions
Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures (International)
Release date: 21 December 2007 (Canada)
Running time: 116 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $50 million
Box office: $152.5 million

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is a musical horror drama film directed by Tim Burton and adapted from Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical of the same name. It tells the story 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.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Les Misérables (2012)


"Fight. Dream. Hope. Love."


Directed by Tom Hooper
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Screenplay by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
Based on "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Edited by Melanie Ann Oliver, Chris Dickens
Production company: Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 21 December 2012 (Japan)
Running time: 158 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $61.000.000
Box office: $441.800.000

"Les Misérables" is a romantic musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo. It tells the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, who decides to turn his life around. As time goes by he becomes mayor of a town in France and owner of a factory in that town. One of Valjean's factory workers, Fantine, blames him for her being cast into a life of prostitution. He helps her but she dies. Jean Valjean feels responsible and agrees to take care of her illegitimate daughter, Cosette. Later, when Cosette is grown, they are swept up in the political turmoil in Paris, which culminates in the Paris Uprising of 1832.