Sleepy Hollow Movie Review 1999

Gorgeous and grisly Burtonized version of Washington Irving's tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." In this retelling, Ichabod Crane (Depp) is a New York constable who believes in reason and science, which won't do him much good when he's sent to the upstate hamlet of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of decapitation murders. Crane is housed by wealthy Balthus Van Tassel (Gambon), whose somewhat fey daughter Katrina (Ricci) falls for the quaking Crane, who refuses to believe that a ghost is committing mayhem. He's soon confronted by the graphic evidence of his own eyes. (Heads do certainly roll). Landau has a wordless cameo as the second victim.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 18th Century, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Witchcraft, Books to Film: Washington Irving, Director/Star Teams: Burton & Depp, Eyeballs!

Screenplay

Andrew Kevin Walker

Cast

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Christopher Walken, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Lee, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner, Alun Armstrong, Mark Spalding, Jessica Oyelowo

Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki

Director

Tim Burton

Music

Danny Elfman

Other

Martin Landau

Producer

Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Francis Ford Coppola, Larry J. Franco, Mandalay Entertainment, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1999: Art Dir./Set Dec.; British Acad. 1999: Art Dir./Set Dec., Costume Des.