A BUNCH of SWEENEY Film Clips..(Priest, Toby, Pirelli etc.)

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:34am

Was this posted already?

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=%20%203789&Itemid=99

PRIEST sounds great. I'm not used to such a young sounding Toby. Everything looks great though.

Updated On: 11/27/07 at 10:34 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:41am

Ah, these are wonderful. It gives me chills to see an actual little boy sing Not While I'm Around.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:44am

The IMDB freaks are of course going nuts, saying one of the greatest Sondheim songs (Not While I'm Around) has been ruined.

It's just going to take time to get used to this Toby. But it is indeed chilling.
Updated On: 11/27/07 at 10:44 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:46am

Are they saying it's ruined because it's a little boy, or because they think he's bad? And if the former, do these idiots know that Toby is SUPPOSED to be a child?

It will definitely take time to get used to; I think it's almost creepier. It'll definitely be really scary to see the ending done with a child. I mean, don't get me wrong -- in a theatrical context, I like that Toby has been played by adults. There, it works. But to see a literal child killing someone is perhaps more disturbing. Or, at least, disturbing in a very different way.

Updated On: 11/27/07 at 10:46 AM

[Jon]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:51am

Holy crap!

The "My Friends" clip gave me the shivers.

Re: Toby - real little boys are forbidden in the theatre. Those roles should only by played by 25 year old midgets. And Wendy in Peter Pan should be played by a 25 year old woman with her breasts strapped down.
Updated On: 11/27/07 at 10:51 AM

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:57am

I am absolutely speechless. I didn't think I could get any more excited about seeing this movie. Not sure I like such a young Toby. I know he's supposed to be younger than he's played on stage ususally, but I think I would've preferred a young teen to an actual kid. But, I will keep an open mind about him til I see the whole movie. I did not, however, like the scene between Turpin and Anthony. It was weird! And the clip from Priest was just too darn SHORT!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

[SarahNYC]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:59am

This MADE my morning.

Thank you!

[Mag Wildwood]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:01am

Wow, I love how understated A Little Priest is, this is going to be great

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:05am

Priest is hilarious.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:32am

I'm actually immensely impressed with Johnny Depp's voice. "My Friends" is probably the creepiest thing I have ever heard in my life.....

[tazber]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:35am

OH
MY
GOD!


They are freaking awesome! This is the first time I actually thought Carter could pull it off.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:39am

I think I just wet myself a bit with excitement after seeing "A Little Priest" and "Not While I'm Around".

And Timothy Spall is SO greasy! I love it!

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:44am

Part of me really wants to believe that's Sasha Baron Cohen belting at the end of "The Contest."

I love Alan Rickman. Perfect choice for Turpin.

There is something about "Not While I'm Around" that just feels wrong to watch...but completely right at the same time. The way Lovett is lying and the candle light almost make it seem sexual in a way that's both inappropriate and intriguing considering who's singing to her.

^If that makes any sense at all.

[Brick]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:45am

My god!

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:45am

All the parts are played older in the stage version because the premise is that they are reenacting the story for us after the fact. Sweeney rises from the grave and they all tell the tale. This was portrayed more clearly in the revival with Toby "telling" the tale from the asylum he ended up in at the end of the tale. But the original also hints at this conceit.

Toby was, in fact, a boy when the story they are retelling/reenacting on stage took place. Since the movie depicts the story in real time, as it happens, Toby should be played by a boy. And Sweeney and Lovett also appear younger than we are used to.

Those clips give me nothing but hope. I am so excited for this. I could not have imagined that musical films would make a comeback, and Sweeney would have been the last one I thought would be made. I feel like I'm sharing a special treasured possession with the rest of the world.

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:47am

I have to stop watching stuff now though. I'm afraid I'll spoil the experience of my first big screen viewing.

[mateo]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:48am

Ok, I don't know the Sweeney story well, at all.

But In "You Gandered at My Ward," why did it seem like Rickman was hitting on the kid? Or was he just threatening?

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:57am

That scene is new to the movie. It doesn't exist in the play.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:01pm

HOLY
MOTHER!

I resisted clicking the link (for all of 2 seconds) for fear of ruining the surprise. These are utterly chilling. I swallow any thoughts I may have had months ago. It truly looks and sounds like they've pulled this one off.

I think I laugh-shuddered out-loud watching "Pamper You" and "My Friends"
Updated On: 11/27/07 at 12:01 PM

[mateo]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:01pm

ohhh

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:04pm

I am anticipating the scene at the end with Toby and Sweeney. Wonder how this actor is going to play that scene. It gives me chills just thinking about it. Can't wait. He looks a bit detached wile singing "Not while I'm around" which threw me a bit. But of course that is only a clip. Have to see the performance leading up to that point in the movie. I will be in the theater on Christmas morning.

[kec]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:04pm

Does one have to sign up to view these clips? I saw the first one, but the others aren't playing for me.

edit: never mind, I got them to work.
Updated On: 11/27/07 at 12:04 PM

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:08pm

"I have to stop watching stuff now though. I'm afraid I'll spoil the experience of my first big screen viewing."

Same thought here.

[commasplice]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:10pm

Oh my GOD. So. excited.

"Those clips give me nothing but hope. I am so excited for this. I could not have imagined that musical films would make a comeback, and Sweeney would have been the last one I thought would be made. I feel like I'm sharing a special treasured possession with the rest of the world."

You said it beautifully. I can't wait til December.

Edit - Sweeney and Lovett in their bathing suits in "By the Sea"; I capped it from the third featurette (no clip of the song, though). It makes me smile (though didn't they reverse who wears what?) - i9.tinypic.com/6oo7syg.png (copy/paste - I didn't want to embed the image directly, just in case there are people who don't want to see it)

Updated On: 11/27/07 at 12:10 PM

[jpbran]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:39pm

Ah... my fears about this adaptation are being eliminated one by one...

Sweet!