``Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' Debuts on DVD April 20.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Acclaimed Video Presentation of Multi-Award Winning Broadway Smash Starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn Joined by First-Time DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Release of "The Last of Sheila" On April 20, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince's acclaimed Tony(R)-Award winning Broadway musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. (WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy) WHV Warner Home Video WHV Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus WHV Working Holiday Visa WHV Westdeutscher Hockey-Verband (West German hockey association) ) will introduce to DVD the groundbreaking 1982 television version, which starred Angela Lansbury and George Hearn and won three Emmys(R) and three Cable Ace Awards(R). Long noted as the first TV production to accurately translate the Broadway musical theatre-going experience onto the small screen, Sweeney Todd's original videotape and audio masters have now been restored and remixed and the DVD will be presented in widescreen with Dolby(R) 5.1 audio. "Sweeney Todd" will sell for $24.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. . "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" stars Ms. Lansbury, who won one of the original's eight Tony Awards(R), and Mr. Hearn. This production was taped before a live audience at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. in Los Angeles in 1982 and was later shown on SHOWTIME and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . This macabre tale tells the story of Sweeney Todd (Hearn), a man unjustly imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- , who returns to London in 1846, determined to seek revenge on those who have destroyed his life. He acquires an ally in Nellie Lovett (Lansbury), a lusty woman who bakes some unexpected ingredients into the meat pies she sells. Also making its DVD debut on April 20 is "The Last of Sheila," which will be available for $19.97 SRP. A Hollywood "whodunit" in the style of Agatha Christie, "The Last of Sheila" was a collaboration of Mr. Sondheim and actor Anthony Perkins, winning them the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Mystery Film the year of its release. Directed by Herbert Ross, the movie stars James Coburn, James Mason, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon and Richard Benjamin. This witty complex thriller is an elaborate murder game which takes place on a Mediterranean cruise. What unfolds is a cleverly plotted mystery, where even the title is a clue! DVD special features include commentary by Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon and Raquel Welch and the theatrical trailer. E-mail requests for materials to karenpenhale@cs-pr.com or fax to 818-260-0707. Art can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com |
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