Sleepy Hollow

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane
• Christina Ricci as Katrina Anne Van Tassel
• Miranda Richardson as Lady Mary Van Tassel
• Michael Gambon as Baltus Van Tassel
• Casper Van Dien as Brom Van Brunt
• Jeffrey Jones as Reverend Steenwyck
• Christopher Lee as the Burgomaster.
• Richard Griffiths as Magistrate Samuel Philipse
• Ian McDiarmid as Dr. Thomas Lancaster
• Michael Gough as Notary James Hardenbrook
• Marc Pickering as Young Masbath
• Lisa Marie as Lady Crane (in flashbacks)
• Steven Waddington as Mr. Killian
• Ray Park as the Headless Horseman
• Christopher Walken as the Headless Horseman
• Claire Skinner as Beth Killian
• Alun Armstrong as the High Constable
• Mark Spalding as Jonathan Masbath
• Jessica Oyelowo as Sarah
• Tony Maudsley as Van Ripper
• Peter Guinness as Lord Crane (in flashbacks)
• Sean Stephens as Thomas Killian

Storyline:

The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new-world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten, and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone.

About Movie:

Sleepy Hollow is a gothic supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is a film adaptation loosely based on Washington Irving’s 1820 short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, and stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, with Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Christopher Lee, and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles.

Development began in 1993 at Paramount Pictures, with Kevin Yagher originally set to direct Andrew Kevin Walker’s script as a low-budget slasher film. Disagreements with Paramount resulted in Yagher being demoted to prosthetic makeup designer, and Burton was hired to direct in June 1998.

The original intention had been to shoot Sleepy Hollow predominantly on location with a $30 million budget. Towns were scouted throughout Upstate New York along the Hudson Valley, and the filmmakers decided on Tarrytown for an October 1998 start date.

Filming took place from November 1998, at Leavesden Film Studios, which had been recently vacated by Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The majority of filming took place at Leavesden, with other work taking place at Shepperton Studios, where the massive Tree of the Dead set was built using Stage H.

Filming in Britain continued through April, and a few last minute scenes were shot using a sound stage in Yonkers, New York the following May. The film was an international co-production between Germany and the United States.

The film had its world premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theatre on November 17, 1999, and was released in the United States on November 19, 1999, by Paramount Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances, direction, screenplay and musical score, as well as its dark humor, visual effects and atmosphere.

It grossed approximately $207 million worldwide. Sleepy Hollow won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

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