Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Lee, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Marc Pickering, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner, Alun Armstrong, Mark Spaldin
R
Horror
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105 min.
1999
Paramount Video
Tim Burton
61975D1
DVD
1
$14.99
Sleepy Hollow DVD Movie
Sleepy Hollow Description:
"No cartoon, this eerily atmospheric adaptation of Washington Irving's classic story is not your Disney's 'Legend of Sleep Hollow'. Praised Roger Ebert, Johnny Depp (who starred in Burton's 'Edward Scissorhands' and 'Ed Wood') "discards everything we may ever have learned or thought about Ichabod Crane" (in production notes, Depp revealed that he based his characterization on the late Roddy McDowell, Angela Lansbury and the film 'Death on the Nile' as well, and his memories of vintage Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce). His Crane is not a schoolteacher, but a methodical lawyer who, "at the dawn of a new millennium (1799) has been banished to the village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a string of murders, allegedly committed by a legendary Headless Horseman, who decapitates his victims. But a head count proves impossible. "The heads were not found -- at all!" states a villager. Adds another, "Taken! By the Headless Horseman! Taken -- back to hell!" 'Sleepy Hollow' boasts a distinguished ensemble, including Michael Gambon ('The Singing Detective') as the wealthy Old Baltus Van Tassel, Christina Ricci (hard to believe this is her first Tim Burton film) as his daughter Katrina and Miranda Richardson ('The Crying Game') as her stepmother. Burton veteran Jeffrey Jones ('Beetlejuice') costars as another villager. Then there's Martin Landau and Lisa Marie (both from 'Ed Wood') and the venerable Christopher Lee. And the Horseman? "No power on earth could drag from me the identity of the unbilled actor who plays the Horseman when he has a head," Ebert said. "But you will agree he is the only logical choice.""
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