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

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Date	Process	Result
July 11, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
August 26, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed

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To-do list per Peer Review

Going through the various reviews etc there are a few outstanding issues we still have to address, so I've listed them below. EyeSerene^talk 09:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Further plot reduction, if possible?

Check for overlinking (we only need links that are relevant to context, and then only on the first instance). There's some work to do here :P

Get hold of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (ISBN 1845767047)" and check for any extra info we can include from the book.

Add a sound clip of Depp + HBC

Check citations for consistent formatting

Check sources for reliability, specifically:

Wikiquote DOES NOT have a collection of quotations related to: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.200.141.242 (talk) 08:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for the "1846" setting?

I've been cleaning up a lot of the character info boxes for characters in Sweeney Todd (not just specific to the film version) because someone had gone through and added specific birth dates that did not match the story. I just noticed that the plot description in this article said it was set in 1846, which does not make any sense. The original story (which was written in 1846, perhaps this is the cause of confusion) was set in 1785. The musical stage adaptations have had a variety of settings, including modern times, but traditionally the story has always been said to occur in the late 18th century, and Burton's film appears to match this as well. The clothing styles are somewhat jumbled, but most of it seems to be late 18th century with a few anachronistic exceptions. The film has a child being executed for petty theft, which was ended in 1808, and execution of children in general was very rare by the mid 19th century. I've removed the 1846 date, but if there is a cite that the film version is supposed to be set in a specific year it should be provided.

12.40.5.69 (talk) 00:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sondheim's Mistake...Should it be mentioned?

In the movie, death occurred within seconds of Sweeney's victim's throats beging slit. However, even in cutting both the cartoid and jugulars, unconsciousness occurs within ten to forty seconds, and death happens almost a minute later. This varies on a variety of factors, such as heart rate, depth of the cut, and how quickly the cut bleeds out. You must remember, the human body contains approxamately 5 quarts of blood. Should this be mentioned in the article?Latte freak (talk) 22:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. It should be mentioned only if it was a concern of a critic or someone involved with the film and it is sourced. Films have plot "holes" but as they are works of fiction, they don't necessarily need to work under the laws of nature. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 22:36, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]