The Tale of Sweeney Todd The Tale of Sweeney Todd The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a 1998 American crime-drama/horror television film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley. The teleplay by Peter Buckman was adapted from a story by Peter Shaw. It was broadcast in the United States by Showtime on April 19, 1998 and released on videotape in France the following month. It later was released as a feature film in select foreign markets. Set in 19th Century London, the story focuses on Sweeney Todd (Ben Kingsley), a murderous barber whose business provides him with two profitable sidelines, the
Pauric Sweeney Pauric Sweeney Pauric Sweeney is a luxury handbag designer from Ireland. Sweeney was born in County Donegal in 1973. He has won the London Fashion Week New Generation Award for two consecutive seasons and is noted for his clean and minimalistic lines. Sweeney attended Blackrock College in Dublin as a boarder before studying Architecture at Temple University in Philadelphia. At Blackrock College, Sweeney was friends with fellow designer Paul Costelloe. Sweeney moved to London in the late 90s where he lived in East London along with other young and new designers such as Hussein Chalayan and Lee Alexander McQueen. In