Sleepy Hollow
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (1999) 105 mins R

7.5 (87,673 votes)
"…An American classic." -Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror....

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Cast and Crew
Johnny Depp  ......  Ichabod Crane
Christina Ricci  ......  Katrina Van Tassel
Miranda Richardson  ......  Lady Van Tassel / Crone
Jeffrey Jones  ......  Reverend Steenwyck
Casper Van Dien  ......  Brom Van Brunt
Christopher Walken  ......  Hessian Horseman
Director  .....  Tim Burton
Producer  .....  Scott Rudin; Adam Schroeder; Francis Ford Coppola; Celia D. Costas
Writer  .....  Andrew Kevin Walker; Washington Irving; Kevin Yagher
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Ichabod is brainstorming the connections between various events and writing them in his notebook, the individual words that are shown being written are in a different handwriting than when they appear all together on the page. (more)

Trivia:
Historically, Ichabod Crane was a very unattractive man. Johnny Depp wanted to add prosthetics to his face to make himself look ugly, but Tim Burton wanted to base the character on Crane's more unattractive personality traits - his reported squeamishness and eccentricity. (more)

Filming Locations:
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
Young Masbath: Is he dead?
Ichabod Crane: That's the problem. He was dead to begin with.
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 21 wins & 28 nominations (more)