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Ah, Tim Burton must be having a ball working on SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Because I'm pretty sure there's nothing he loves more than studios making him compromise on his artistic vision. Apparently the early footage of the movie has been so extremely graphic (read: bloody) that execs are requesting the film be re-cut. As it stands, the film would currently receive an R-rating, whereas the studio would prefer a PG-13:
“Tim’s not happy that the studio is asking for so many cuts to the cutting, as it were,” someone connected to the film told the Daily Mail. “The thing is, the studio really likes the film and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible - which means stemming the blood flow. But that’s a bit difficult for a story involving a guy who gets high slitting throats.”
All we need now is for Kevin Smith to claim he has read Burton's ending and that he actually had the idea first. That should be enough to send Burton into a mega meltdown and some years later, an entertaining VH1 special.
If you don't know, the movie is based on an old 19th Century legend about a man who uses his front as a barber to kill all the people that have ever done him wrong, while his mistress Mrs. Lovett uses their bodies to make 'the worst pies in London'.
Source: /Film
Extra Tidbit: Smith actually touched on SWEENEY TODD, in his underrated movie JERSEY GIRL. Perhaps there's something there?
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Why can't movies be the way they used to be? I remember watching my favorite Burton film, it had it all: death, crude hilarious humor, slit throats, cussing, a whore house.... oh...
Why can't movies be the way they used to be? I remember watching my favorite Burton film, it had it all: death, crude hilarious humor, slit throats, cussing, a whore house.... oh yeah and necrophilia. This movie was also rated PG. That movie is, Beetle Juice.
9:58PM on 08/27/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Last but not least, this has NOT BEEN VERIFIED. The Daily Mail is a British tabloid, and thus should be taken with skepticism. The NY Post article and all other sources are simply quoting from DM and making assumptions based on it.
Last but not least, this has NOT BEEN VERIFIED. The Daily Mail is a British tabloid, and thus should be taken with skepticism. The NY Post article and all other sources are simply quoting from DM and making assumptions based on it.
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But these idiot studio heads are so blinded by greed they can't see that doing shit like this turns people OFF from seeing the movie!
I have faith in Tim Burton, though. He's not going to let the studio ruin his film.
But these idiot studio heads are so blinded by greed they can't see that doing shit like this turns people OFF from seeing the movie!
I have faith in Tim Burton, though. He's not going to let the studio ruin his film.
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Mother fuckers.
Mother fuckers.
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I despise all things MPAA, but we're all going to see it on DVD anyway.
My only question about this is, They want a PG-13 rating, right? About a sociopathic barber who slits the throats of his victims with a straight razor. So, what the studio is saying, is that they'd like 13 year olds to able to watch a movie about a barber who slits the throats of his victims with a...
I despise all things MPAA, but we're all going to see it on DVD anyway.
My only question about this is, They want a PG-13 rating, right? About a sociopathic barber who slits the throats of his victims with a straight razor. So, what the studio is saying, is that they'd like 13 year olds to able to watch a movie about a barber who slits the throats of his victims with a straight razor.
Or at least...they'd like their money to see it.
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Screw the studio system.
Screw the studio system.