Sweeney Todd, the Tim Burton adaptation of the Broadway musical, took the Best Musical or Comedy Golden Globe award, with Johnny Depp taking the Best Actor award in a musical or comedy. Burton has proven a reliable brand for selling movie merchandise throughout his career. Titan has the book rights for Sweeney Todd (see 'Titan Gets 'Sweeney Todd'').
Ratatouille took the best animated feature award, besting The Simpons Movie.
And The Diving Bell and the Butterfly took the best foreign language film (along with Julian Schnabel for directing it), squeezing out
The Golden Globe Awards are sometimes seen as an indicator of how the Oscars, which have a much greater impact on sales, will fall.
There was no ceremony this year due to the writers strike; instead, awards were announced at a press conference.
