Bonham-Carter has previously worked with Mr Swain on projects including Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland.
He scales Sweeney Todd to his stars, almost fetishizing their ghoulishness with his close-ups.
The train's hairdresser was reportedly known as "Sweeney Todd of the Rails", given his precarious trade.
Sweeney Todd will be Bonham-Carter's fifth film outing with director Tim Burton, who is also her partner.
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Despite having the most nominations, Sweeney Todd was beaten to the prize of best musical by The Go-Between.
Both Bonham-Carter and Depp will perform their own songs in Sweeney Todd, which is due to start filming in early 2007.
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Directed by Jonathan Kent, Sweeney Todd transferred to London in March after a successful run at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011.
While John Doyle didn't invent this approach, it was his 2005 Broadway revival of "Sweeney Todd" that introduced many New Yorkers to the subtle joys of small-scale Sondheim.
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Despite Staunton's triumph over her Sweeney Todd co-star, Ball picked up the prize on her behalf, revealing he "had the best time playing Ernie to her Eric".
Reilly has a stronger singing voice than the stars of Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, but Tim Burton's film of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece is spellbinding anyway.
He may go weird (see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd, etc. etc.) but at this point in his career he never goes psycho.
The prize for best musical went to Sweeney Todd, directed by Jonathan Kent and starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, which transferred from the Chichester Festival to the West End.
An intimate, 100-minute revival at Classic Stage Company opened Thursday night on the small thrust stage, crisply directed and designed by John Doyle (director of the Broadway revivals of "Sweeney Todd" and "Company").
Helena Bonham Carter, star of A Room with a View, Sweeney Todd and the Harry Potter films, will receive the Circle's highest honour, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence, at this year's event.
Sweeney Todd moved somewhat in that direction.
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The main musical categories are dominated by regional powerhouse, Chichester Festival Theatre, which transferred three shows to the West End this year - Singin' in the Rain, Sweeney Todd and Kiss Me, Kate (just opened at the Old Vic).
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