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CAST Johnny Depp .......... Ichabod Crane
Christina Ricci .......... Katrina Van Tassel
Miranda Richardson .......... Lady Van Tassel/Crone
Michael Gambon .......... Baltus Van Tassel
Casper Van Dien .......... Brom Van Brunt
Jeffrey Jones .......... Reverend Steenwyck
Christopher Lee .......... Burgomaster
Richard Griffiths (I) .......... Magistrate Phillipse
Ian McDiarmid .......... Doctor Lancaster
Michael Gough .......... Notary Hardenbrook
Christopher Walken .......... Hessian Horseman
Ray Park .......... Headless Horseman
Marc Pickering .......... Young Masbath
Lisa Marie (I) .......... Lady Crane
Steven Waddington .......... Killian
Claire Skinner .......... Beth Killian
Alun Armstrong .......... High Constable
Mark Spalding .......... Jonathan Masbath
Jessica Oyelowo .......... Sarah
Martin Landau .......... Van Garrett
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Sleepy Hollow is based on Washington Irving's short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In the film, instead of being a schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane is a constable working in New York City in the year 1799. Frustrated with his unorthodox ways of scientifically and logically solving crimes, Ichabod's superiors send him on a job to investigate murders in the small upstate New York town of Sleepy Hollow. Upon arriving in the dark and dismal farming village, he meets Baltus Van Tassel (a rich farmer who controls most of Sleepy Hollow and its leaders), his wife, and their daughter, the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel at Baltus' annual Harvest Party. Ichabod is then introduced to the town elders, a suspicious looking group of fat men in wigs. They explain that they believe the murders have been committed by the ghost of a fallen Hessian soldier, who supposedly rode into battles so fiercely and with such malice that he filed his own teeth down to points to achieve a frightening look. He would ride atop his giant black steed and slice the heads off soldiers like they were tulips. He was eventually killed by American Revolutionaries, beheaded, and was buried in the Western Woods, "a place where, even today, brave men will not venture". Ichabod scoffs at the idea of killer ghoul, yet is nonetheless disturbed by the tale.
The rest of the film is difficult to explain, and you can only see the movie to understand it all. Ichabod falls in love with Katrina, a fledgling witch, who was seeing the burly Brom Van Brunt before he arrived. Several townfolk are killed by the Horseman, and Ichabod has his own encounter with him. Ichabod is also accompanied by Young Masbeth, the son of Jonathan Masbeth who was killed by the horseman. Eventually, Ichabod begins to see a pattern in the killings, and realizes that the Horseman may have an earthly power forcing him to do his biddings. He investigates the Western Woods, where he finds the Tree of Death, a giant gnarled tree which is supposed to serve as a portal for the Horseman to return to Hell. Ichabod also visits the Old Crone, an ugly witch who reveals some secrets about the Horseman.
For a more detailed account of the plot, read the script.
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CREW Tim Burton .......... Director
Washington Irving .......... Short Story
Kevin Yagher ........... Screenplay
Andrew Kevin Walker .......... Screenplay
Francis Coppola ........... Executive Producer
Celia D. Costas ........... Line Producer
Larry J. Franco ........... Executive Producer
Mark Roybal .......... Associate Producer
Scott Rudin .......... Producer
Adam Schroeder .......... Producer
Andrew Kevin Walker .......... Co-Producer
Kevin Yagher .......... Co-Producer
Danny Elfman .......... Original Music
Emmanuel Lubezki .......... Cinematographer
Chris Lebenzon .......... Film Editor
Susie Figgis .......... Casting
Ilene Starger .......... Casting
Rick Heinrichs .......... Production Designer
Ken Court .......... Art Director
John Dexter (III) .......... Art Director
Andrew Nicholson (III) .......... Art Director
Leslie Tomkins .......... Art Director
Peter Young (I) .......... Set Decorator
Colleen Atwood .......... Costume Designer
Peter Owen .......... Hair & Makeup Designer
Dusty Symonds .......... Unit Production Manager
Alan Munro .......... 2nd Unit Director
Christopher Newman (II) .......... 1st Assistant Director
Thomas A. Reilly .......... Assistant Director: New York
David Acord .......... Utility Sound
Gary Alper .......... Production Sound Mixer: New York
Jaya Bishop .......... 2nd Boom Operator
Tony Dawe .......... Production Sound Mixer
Sean Garnhart .......... Sound Effects Editor
Chris Gurney .......... Boom Operator
Skip Lievsay .......... Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Mayer (II) .......... 2nd Boom Operator: Cable Man
Frank Morrone .......... Sound Re-recording Mixer
Theresa Corrao .......... Visual Effects Co-ordinator
Paddy Eason .......... Supervising Visual Effects Designer
Libby Hazell .......... Visual Effects Line Producer
Drew Jones .......... Visual Effects Producer: CFC
Jim Mitchell (II) ......... Visual Effects Supervisor
Aaron Muszalski .......... Digital Rotoscope & Paint Artist
Joss Williams .......... Special Effects Supervisor
Kevin Yagher .......... Human/Creature Special Effects
Nick Gillard .......... Stunt Co-ordinator
Rob Inch .......... Horseman Trick Riding & Stunt Double
Ray Park .......... Horseman Stunt, Fight, Swordplay, & Horseriding Double
John Bailie .......... Focus Puller: 2nd Unit
Clive Coote .......... Still Photographer
Robert Dawson (I) .......... Title Designer
Cosmas A. Demetriou .......... Set Designer
Steve Dent .......... Horse Master
Conrad L. Hall .......... Photography Director: New York
Conrad W. Hall .......... 2nd Unit Camera: New York
Peter Hannan (I) .......... Photography Director: 2nd unit
Brian Hathaway .......... Transportation Manager
John Higgins (III) .......... Gaffer
Michael King (II) .......... Production Buyer
Neil Munro (II) .......... Electrician
Ray Park .......... Fight Choreographer
Jim Passon .......... Color Timer
Alex Payman .......... Senior Digital Effects Artist
Heinson Robin .......... Painter
David Rosenbaum (I) .......... Unit Driver
Debra Schutt .......... Set Decorator: New York
John Wright Stevens .......... Art Director: New York
Will Sweeney .......... Production Intern
Jayne-Ann Tenggren .......... Script Supervisor
Su Whitaker .......... Assistant Art Director |
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