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  • Depp: 15 years of fury

    Hearn: Pride in finally executing his revenge

    Cerveris: "...is the name of the person who is killing you."

    Cariou: This has been a long time coming.

    All of them were amazing in their own ways.

  • I AM DAVE EXCLAMATION POINT YOGNAUGHT! AND I HAVE THE BALLS!

  • "Drainage?"

    "DRRRRAIIINNAGGGE!"

  • If Depp had tried his version on broadway it wouldn't have worked, if Hearne had tried his version on the silver screen it wouldn't have worked. Burton's version was intended to be realistic and grimdark, the actual musical is much more fantastical, comparing them is idiotic

  • So I think his name's Benjamin Barker.

    I dunno. Did I miss something?

  • @FredrickOfFletStreet This is probably why you're not working in the West End right now.

  • I say this as someone that likes Johnny Depp as an actor, and thought the Tim Burton film was pretty decent; he didn't do it best. Whoever did it best is obviously going to be down to personal opinion. Me? I prefer George Hearn's performance over the others, but all of them did it their own ways, and all of them are pretty decent.

    Now, children, kindly stop it with this childish pissing contest. It's fucking embarrassing watching you rip into one another as if this was a matter of life or death.

  • I personally think the movie version was best, but think about it: How many takes did it take to make it turn out so well? You gotta applaud theatrical performers for doing a still great job in one shot.

  • I feel like the second one is..... weird, because he slits the judges throat AS he says Benjamin Barker maniacally and then just sits there for several seconds... to me it's kinda anticlimactic.

  • @romas1995 couldn't have put it better myself!

  • @romas1995 agreed. but 'little fake goth boy burton' is the best director ever. just saying.

  • You assholes saying "Johnny did it best" are only probably saying that because you are diehard Johnny Depp fan girls and saw the Sweeney Todd movie instead of the play first!

  • Johnny Depp did it the best! (:

  • Vegeta: Shadow the hedgehog?!!?

    Nolan Jax: SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!!!!!!!!!

    shadow slits vegeta's throut

  • movie scene was better with johnny depp

  • Hahaha look at the difference between the musical versions and the movie version! In the musicals, it's just a simple, fatal slice, but in the movie, it's a sadistic, repetitive stab....

  • @broadwaybaby0747 that's because a repetitive stab would be incredibly to pull off on stage. Movie's always allow for a more realistic thing.

  • i really want to see the play but i've onlybeen to the theatre once with my choir class. i live in ohio so there's not many near me :(

  • @93Sheck09Love11 are there colleges or universities near you? because those probably have theatre departments and put on plays and stuff.

  • @macanfly there's colleges and univerities by me i might just check to see if any are performing this play anytme soon. thanks for the idea i never thought of that

  • Depp's version was definitely the most emotionally charged take, and that is just by voice and expression, forget the blood effects.

  • i don't get why theres a loud whistle? O_O

  • Len Cariou did a pretty decent job.

    George Hearn did a good job yelling there.

    Michael Cerveris was a crazy flippin' monster.

    Johnny Depp was AWESOME!

  • Johnny Depp has the best, hands down. His has lots of more blood :P

    Then again you have to realize the others being live makes it a lot harder having special effects then having it on film and editing.

  • @mirandalikes2doodle Nah, their performance was poor as well. Look at that, for an example. 0:13 - 0:18. It looks just silly.

  • @ihasacoffin

    Which of these was *your* favorite?

    (I have a pretty good hunch, but just in case.)

  • I've seen many great actors portray Sweeney Todd in professional productions; among them: Len Cariou, George Hern, Michael Ceveris, Bob Gunton, Kelsey Grammer & David Hess. All were outstanding actor/singers. SWEENEY TODD is a musical. By no stretch of anyone's definition of "singing" does Johnny Depp qualify as a singer. He wasn't scary and it was a mistake to cast him. The film's soundtrack is unlistenable as his voice is weak and atrocious. Len Cariou was the best Sweeney by far.

  • The third one has so much animosity to it. I mean, the way Michael Cerveris says "BARKER!!!" there was freakin' crazy. The whistling instrument and the stage lights shifting to red gave off a nightmarish feel.

  • johnny depp is so great!!

  • funny how Cariou won the Tony for the role and no one is mentioning him..is it only because there's just stills, and you all need video to judge? Get with it already! Cariou was the best!

  • Hearn is my favorite, and Depp is a close second.

    BENJAMIN BARKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RR

  • Ok I thought it was Parker not Barker. . . Lol

  • Depp's was totally the best(:

  • @SweeneyToddRocks10

    Yes it was!!! (:

  • I like George and Michael

  • You know whats wierd is when i hear the name sweeny todd i used to think of a realy scary evil barber, but now i think of him as a realy sad old man, and seeing that last one actualy made my heart drop. Amazing film!

  • judge turpin got powned

  • ahhhhhh! lol 0:17- 0:19

    0:35 -BENJAMIN BARKER BITCH!!!! lol Turpin got pwned.

  • WOWOWOW Johnny Depp best actor ever

    btw, what was his name again

  • I SO agree with that this should completely overtake sparta. XD

  • mmm...I the Cariou is the best. It really sounds like he;s saying "This is SPARTAAA!" instead lol. There all good really.

  • THIS-IS-BENJAMIN BARKER!!!

    *instead of this-is-sparta*

  • Am I the only one who thought Depp's version was the best take. Because if you've seen the film, you know that he does that whisper like "Hey, I'll tell you a secret. Remember that guy you arrested and sent away for no reason at all?"

    "You?!!?"

    "MEEEEEEE!!!!!"

    Much more frightening that way.

  • @MrTristo99 I really like your summary of it. :P

  • @MrTristo99 its like hey look i am benjamin barker stupid!!!

    "bloody slash" ohh yeah baby i got him.

  • @MrTristo99 hell yeah it was

  • @MrTristo99 also the best acted out

  • I agree that "BENJAMIN BARKERRRR!!!" should become the new "THIS IS SPARTAAA!!" It is so much cooler.

    As for favorites, I love them all, but maybe Michael Cerveris wins by a little bit, but it's really really close.  I love me some Sweeney.

  • Someone should do that with 300 just voice over that scene

  • @musicalsarelife hmmm..."this is BENJAMAN BARKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!" sweet:D

  • Movie way better...so much blood -drools-

  • @MasterMaxD -ya

  • the whistle in the 3rd one sounded like a conducter letting everybody know the train is going to leave.

  • whaha!

    this is just too funny!! :]

    JOHNNY DEPP IS HOT!!!!!!!(L)

  • Agreed.

    Agreed 115%.

  • My Comparisons:

    Len: He sounds like Satan welcoming you to Disney Hell. Scary, but ironically grand.

    George: He sounds avenged and like he's wanted to say this for years.

    Michael: He reminds me of Hannible Ector, in a weird way, but I like his way of shouting it: Ha ha, now you die.

    Johnny: lol, He's all, "Yep, you guessed right, bitch!!!" I would have loved him to prolong the ending syllyble, however. Then again, I love Depp. ^.^'

    Overall, I'd say George takes the cake by a close shave,lol

  • George Hearn for the win.

  • Comparisons

    Len: The Avenging Demon, the style lets the judge know that justice has come for him

    George: Reveling in the madness, that his quest for vengeance has led him to.

    Michael: Sorrowful, perhaps something telling him that all the deaths have changed nothing, but he's compelled anyway.

    Johnny: Pissed off (note that Rickman's "Benjamin Barker" seems to have more contempt than the others. This in turn leads to Depp being furious at the contempt of a corrupt man)

  • I agree with you......Len actually sounds almost like Satan.......:P. My favorite was George's.....only because of the scream though.

  • 0:20 that was the worst!

  • The movie "BENJAMIN BARKER!!!!" was waaay better. Less fake-ish. ;)

  • I saw Len, George and Michael each perform SWEENEY live on Broadway. Len was the scariest and best actor while George was the best singer/shouter. Michael hasn't the gravitas to pull off Sweeney live -- and Johnny Depp was horribly miscast and should have been dubbed. Russell Crowe was considered to play Sweeney in the movie -- I so wish he had.

  • @CEMILIOB i disagree on the Depp part... I absolutely LOVED his voice... I think he has good control of it and i like how he can get so gutteral while still singing. I have listened to all the George Hearn versions, but i would have to say I think I prefer Depp. But I do think Hearn was excellent too!

  • I like the way that Edmund Lyndeck said it (with Len Cariou), but I love the way that George Hearn shouted it. I've got to say that Michael Cerveris had the worst one. Pretty much all of them were good.

  • George is King!!!! King George!!!

    Benjamin BarkeeeeeeRRRR!!!!!

  • I liked George, Len, and Depp.. in that order Hearn gave it a vendetta that non could match, depp gave that extreme level of insanity and cariou was right in between. Listen to hearn and cariou just talk and you can hear the difference between them in this video and when they just talk and it's an amazing difference

  • I always found Len's the most chilling. But I like George's the best.

  • Georges is the most powerful and the best... specially because he had do that everynight (execpt monday of course) for months... amazing.

  • i dont like the others. i love the new one better. but its nice to see how it all started out as a play. then into a big screen movie which then made it well known and more people watched the older musicals. so be greatful that this movie kicked major ass.

  • Favorite: George Hearn

    Least favorite: Michael Cerveris

  • i love jhonny´s one the best !!! XD

  • I'm sorry...I really love all the versions....But George Hearn is just so freaking awesome. I'm not sure if thats how he would like to be described but WOW he is just amazing.

  • BENJAMIN BARKER!!!!!!!!!

  • I liked Len, George, and Johnny :)

  • Johnny is the best cuz its more than 1 time where he stabs him lol

  • conpaired to this sweeney todd, and i'm only looking at sweeney todd, johnny sucked. dont get me wrong i loved the johnny version, but everyone in this sweeney todd just brought more to the play.

  • George, Michael & Len

  • George Hearn and Michael Cerveris.

  • depp has that "go for it boy" look in his face he could bite turpin's liver out

  • I agree. This should be the new "This is Spartaaa!" XD

  • i dissagree greatly, if this was the new "this is sparta" then we would all be down to the "i like pie" which is just sad

  • I love the third one, when the stage goes all red! So great.

    But I did love the movie.

    It's one of my favorites!

  • johhnny depp kicks everyone elses ass

  • not even seen the film but johnny is such a ledgend love him soooo much!!!! <3<3<3

  • i liked the last one

  • yea i think so too!! someone wanna make a remix? use the johnny depp version or the first one haha

  • the second one and johhny depp!!!!!

  • I love hearn, cariou, and depp!! each are awsome in there own way!

  • depp best by far lol

  • The last is the best =)

  • OMG JOHNNY IS BY FAR THE BEST!

  • lololol.... george hearn is my favorite sweeney overall, but his barker-moment is kind of silly looking :) he's like WHEE FLIPPY HANDS!

  • the movie wasn't really that bad lol

  • god... okay i am in LOVE with both george hearn and michael cerveris. but there is a clear winner here (err.. winners actually). michael cerveris's emotion when he says it is amazing so he's one of my winners, but johnny depp does those cray eyes so damn well!

  • it got me hungry

  • Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is the best.

    I watched this movie and I was astounded.

  • damn...i love them all but the movie is probably the best in my opinion

  • GAH! THEYRE ALL SO GOOD!

  • I like them all! But I honestly think that Depp and Hearn did the best. If you have a different opinion that's fine. But don't get angry with me for stating mine.

  • i have stated this before i state it here also, i feel Len is no contest teh best singer, george the more present stage actor, arguably the creepiest, but i felt michael was probably the best combination of both theatricality and melody, though the manner in which his version was set and displayed i didn't like as much. johnny is not comparable cuz its a film version, not the same rules of delivery as theater, plus he's not a baritone, but yeah i like johnny's teh best cuz of psycho peepers

  • Your statement is true in many ways I have always thought of george as the best (live play) Sweeney Todd,he has this bomming voice and realastic acting.And depp is good for his darker presence.

  • depp is a film actor and can carry the film w/ his ability to use a soft spoken voice, which can not be done at all in a play. u must scream every word so everyone can hear u, so there is no whispering or subtle talk, hense why i dont compare them. i really liked Michael Cerveris but again that whole minimal set w/ instrument players in the play didn't do it for me, i prefer the original style.

  • You don't need to SCREAM at all in theatre, you have to project. BIG difference. Len Cariou is a good singer, but George Hearn has it ALL. He is the BEST actor with the best voice to ever play the role. Johnny was a horrible choice. Come on lets face it, the guy can't NEARLY as well as Sweeney has to.

  • i minored in theatre im aware of the difference i was making a point w/ specific words to enforce a contrast, however george i felt though the better actor took the roll to some places im not sure i liked as much, but i agree he's more the total package than any other stage todd. but len set the standard george followed, he built off len's choices so i feel the groundwork was laid for him. had he been the 1st i wonder how different the character would have been.

  • johnny depp isnt horrible hes good lol

  • You have a deep love for plays I see.But yeah like here search "Sweeney Todd 1982 opening scene" It is a great peice.Depp has spme great qualities he was the darkest sweeney todd.';have you seen him In Edwaed Scissorhands?

  • i own all of burtons films and his films so yeah, but actually, u should see the sweeney todd movie that is not a musical staring Ray Winstone (beowulf's voice) now HE was creepy. but i still say Michael Cerveris was the creepiest todd i saw that revival and it was quite bizarre.

  • HELL YEAH!

    Sweeney Todd and Edward scissorhands are my fav's of Tim Burton.

  • i dont know now i say johnny and michael

  • BENJAMIN BLOODY BARKER!

  • My favorites are Depp/Rickman and Hearn/Lyndek

  • I <3 Johnny Depp, because i mean, hes the sexiest man alive and all, but Hearn/Lyndeck is very good too. :D And I agree, BENJAMIN BARKERRRRR should susceed THIS IS SPARTAAAA!!!

  • Hmmm Cariou and Hearn.

  • BENJAMIN BARKER!!!!!! (Stabbity stabbity stabbity slash slash! Pulls the lever) how in hell can Turpin still be alive after that?! He freaking grabs on to Mrs. Lovett's dress! Sure, he dies five seconds later, but still....eech, zombies. Lurve ya

    Johnny XD Sweeney rules

  • This is clearly the best video on the web! BENJAMIN BARKER!

  • on the second one, Judge looks like the KFC guy lol

  • I Worship Depp/Rickman, love Hearn/Lyndeck

  • he didn't slice his throte he fuckin stab the shit out of it

  • First he stabs the shit outta him four or five times and finally slices his throat.

  • depps the best

  • Depp and Hearn do the best!!

  • @LordRezo i totally agree soo true i think depp and hearn do it best because its like stupid judge

  • i think depp and rickman win

  • 1.)Johnny depp & Alan Rickman

    2.)George Hearn & Edmund Lyndeck

    3.)Len Cariou & Edmund Lyndeck

    4.)George Hearn & Mark Jacoby

  • Sorry i ment: 4.) Michael Cerveris & Mark Jacoby

  • I would say it's a tie between George Hearn and Johnny Depp

  • wait. what's Sweeney Todd's real name? :P

  • Benjamin Barker is Sweeney Todd's real name.

  • ...get the fuck out of here. are you serious? i'm...flabbergasted. ;)

  • yes I am.

  • dude! you just blew my freaking mind!

  • Okay

  • the depp's todd scene deserved a wilhelm scream

  • Can I Trade You For The Video Of Michael? Thanks!

  • lol george hearn is like BENJAMIN BARKERRR wait wuts wrong with the chair *flips dead guy* AHHHHHHH! lol

  • I LOVE GEORGE HEARN.

    (Johnny's was very good also though. Actually, they all were. Maybe not Michael's, so much.)

  • george. yes.

  • Len Cariou is amazing and the best

  • I seem to be the only one so far who likes Michael's the best.

  • Nope, I'mwith you on this one. Micheal is my all time favorite.

  • Even thow Johnny is my favorite Sweeney Todd, George's Benjamin barker yell is the best! It keeps on going Compre Johnny and George.

    Johnny: Benjamin Barker!!

    Now George

    George: Benjamin Barkerrraaahhhhhhhh!!!!!

  • 0:27 Hurts my ears...!

    In a good way. :)

  • Gotta love George Hearn... "BENJAMIN BARKERRRRRRRR...[stops to fix chair mechanism]...AAAAAARRRR!"

  • THIS! IS! SWEEENEY!!!!

  • This! Is!! BARKERRRRRRRR!!!

  • depp was the best XD

  • I agree. George Hearn's was a bit rushed.

  • BENJAMIN BARKER!!!!!#!$@!%!#

  • LEN CARIOU IS SWEENEY TODD

  • Brilliant XD

  • George Hearn's scream is the best but Johnny Depp comes in a very close second for being the most aggressive.

  • Blood + acting = Johnny's as the best.

  • johnny uuuh i mean benjamin baker is the best

  • JOHNNY AND GEORGE ARE COOL!

  • Haha funny, I wanted to do this

  • George is my favorite...as well as my favorite all-time Sweeney.

  • johnny be the best XD

  • George Hearn and Johnny Depp did the best 'Benjamin Barker' yells, they were so full of passion!!

  • Totally agree. My two faves.

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