Sleepy Hollow 1999

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 101 min

genre: horror

theme: police

director: Tim Burton

Score: 7 / 10

Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 Gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. Co-produced by Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, American Zoetrope, and Tim Burton Productions, it is 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, and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles. The plot follows New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Depp), who is sent to investigate a series of brutal murders in the upstate village of Sleepy Hollow, where he becomes romantically involved with Katrina Van Tassel (Ricci), the daughter of the richest resident of the town (Gambon).

Plot

In the fall of 1799, pragmatic New York City constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the upstate Dutch village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of brutal decapitations of its residents, which included landowner Peter Van Garrett, his son Dirk, and widow Emily Winship. Received by the insular town elders—wealthy farmer Baltus Van Tassel; doctor Thomas Lancaster; the Reverend Steenwyck; notary James Hardenbrook; and magistrate Samuel Philipse—Ichabod learns that the locals believe the killer is the undead apparition of a headless Hessian mercenary, who is trying to find his missing head.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Cast

More details

author	Andrew Kevin Walker
award	Academy Award for Best Production Design
contentLocation	New York City Sleepy Hollow
director	Tim Burton
editor	Chris Lebenzon
events	criminal investigation rationality revenge supernatural witchcraft
genre	crime fantasy historical horror mystery thriller
keywords	apotropaic magic autopsy bequeath chalk church compendium conspiracy constable crone deal with the devil decapitation devise and bequeath doctor dutch dutch people evict evil eye exhumation exhume farmer hell hellmouth hessian holy ground hudson highlands ichabod crane impoverished family inherit inheritance kill land tenure landowner learn magistrate married medical doctor meet mercenary new life next of kin notary pentagram pledged herself to satan portal into the living world post-mortem protection reverend solve suicide teenage son unable to enter the church upstate west will will and testament windmill
musicBy	Danny Elfman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Production Design
producer	Adam Schroeder Scott Rudin
productionCompany	American Zoetrope Mandalay Pictures Paramount Pictures Scott Rudin Productions Tim Burton Productions
publisher	Constantin Film Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Hatfield House Middle Temple Shepperton Studios Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
theme	ghost police serial killer