Tim Burton to Speak in NYC & Sweeney Todd Press Days Set
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, displaying impeccable taste, will present FRESH BLOOD: AN EVENING WITH TIM BURTON--A FIRST LOOK AT FOOTAGE FROM SWEENEY TODD on Wednesday evening, November 14th, at the Rose Theater, Broadway and 60th Streets, New York City. Here's what the Film Society of Lincoln Center has to say about their honored guest: "Witty, often elegant and always unpredictable, the films of Tim Burton have created a special niche for themselves within contemporary cinema. A born spinner of tall tales, whose subjects have ranged from Martians to Z-list Hollywood directors to, now, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Burton takes audiences places they'd never thought they'd go--and in ways they couldn't have imagined. We're delighted to welcome Tim Burton for an evening of conversation, clips featuring some of the greatest moments from his films, and a 'first look' at his eagerly anticipated screen adaptation of SWEENEY TODD, marking his sixth collaboration with Johnny Depp."
This event is open to the public, so if you are in the New York area, how can you resist? Orchestra and mezzanine tickets are $50 for Film Society members and $60 for the general public; balcony tickets are $40 for Film Society members and $50 for everyone else. To order tickets for FRESH BLOOD: AN EVENING WITH TIM BURTON, click here.
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Lucky NY bastards.
Exciting news--there will be a three-day press junket in London to publicize the upcoming release of Tim Burton's film of the Stephen Sondheim musical SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, starring Johnny Depp! The junket will take place from November 23rd through November 25th in London . . . which coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday weekend for Deppheads in the U.S. Our advice--do your holiday shopping early so you can avoid the crush at the mall, and enjoy the weekend watching new Johnny Depp pictures and interviews arrive from London.
A U.S. press junket is tentatively scheduled for the following weekend, Saturday, December 1st and Sunday, December 2nd in Los Angeles, but those dates have not been confirmed yet. Hopefully this will allow a SWEENEY TODD screening (or two) for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, as the Golden Globes nomination ballots are due by December 10th.
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